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Obituary for Professor Peter Cole.

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adafb4

Peter A Bryant

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What about the workers? An update.

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adae1a

Richard Wakeford

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Factors associated with radiation risk perception among Japanese university students. 日本大学生辐射风险认知的相关因素

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adac6a

Takumi Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Yanagida, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Yuko Matsunari

{"title":"Factors associated with radiation risk perception among Japanese university students.","authors":"Takumi Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Yanagida, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Yuko Matsunari","doi":"10.1088/1361-6498/adac6a","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1361-6498/adac6a","url":null,"abstract":"After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, various information about radiation circulated throughout Japan, leading to diverse perceptions regarding the situation in Fukushima. These perceptions contributed to the social challenges faced by the residents of Fukushima at the time, including prejudice and discrimination. This heightened concern about radiation exposure, particularly among younger generations who were considering marriage or starting families. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the present status of radiation risk perception among university students in Japan and the factors associated with radiation risk perception among these students. A questionnaire survey was administered to university students throughout Japan. We collected demographic information as well as queried their perception of radiation risk (delayed health effects and genetic effects). The results showed that approximately 60% and 40% of respondents believed that delayed effects and genetic effects would occur among residents of Fukushima, respectively. Additionally, having a university major other than studying radiation techniques and living in western Japan were associated with these perceptions of risk. In the future, enhancing risk communication, especially among young populations in western Japan, is necessary to dispel anxiety about the risks from radiation exposure.","PeriodicalId":50068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radiological Protection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Book Review: Farr's physics for medical imaging (3rd edition).

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adacf7

Fayzan Ahmed, Syed Shariqullah, Majid Iqbal, Ali Raza

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Thorium ore dust research applicable to mineral sands industry workers.

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adacf6

G S Hewson, M I Ralph, M Cattani

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Radiation exposure in concurrent abdominoplevic and chest CT Scans: an analysis of overlap and clinical impact. 腹部和胸部同时CT扫描的辐射暴露：重叠分析和临床影响。

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adaa82

Han Song Mun, Sanghyeok Lim, Ji Eun Lee, Min Hee Lee, Seo-Youn Choi, Ji Eun Moon

{"title":"Radiation exposure in concurrent abdominoplevic and chest CT Scans: an analysis of overlap and clinical impact.","authors":"Han Song Mun, Sanghyeok Lim, Ji Eun Lee, Min Hee Lee, Seo-Youn Choi, Ji Eun Moon","doi":"10.1088/1361-6498/adaa82","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1361-6498/adaa82","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the additional radiation exposure, influencing factors, and clinical significance of overlappingZ-axis coverage in abdominopelvic CT scans performed consecutively after same-day chest CT scans. Data from 761 patients were analyzed, with measuring the total and overlappingZ-axis coverage of the portal venous phase in abdominopelvic CT scans. The average overlapping portion was 33.8 ± 12.1 mm, accounting for approximately 7.0% of the total scan length, contributing a dose-length product of 33.4 mGy*cm and an effective radiation dose of 0.5 mSv. Male sex and the total scan length were identified as significant factors influencing overlap (p= 0.002 and < 0.001, respectively). Despite overlapping scans frequently imaging the lower lungs, only 8.4% of abdominopelvic CT reports specifically mentioned lower lung abnormalities, indicating limited clinical utility. These findings underscore the importance of optimizing CT protocols to minimize the total length of the body covered in abdominopelvic scans, thereby reducing unnecessary radiation exposure during concurrent chest and abdominopelvic CT scans.","PeriodicalId":50068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radiological Protection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Construction of tetrahedral mesh phantom for Chinese women of childbearing age.

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adaecd

Haowei Zhang, Tiangui Zhang, XiaoLe Li, Ying Liu, Li Sun

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Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing? 眼晶状体剂量测定：旋转方向（垂直或水平）在类型测试中起作用吗？

IF 1.4 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adaaff

Behnam Khanbabaee, Rolf Behrens, Onur Erdem

{"title":"Eye lens dosimetry: does the direction of rotation (vertical or horizontal) play a role in type testing?","authors":"Behnam Khanbabaee, Rolf Behrens, Onur Erdem","doi":"10.1088/1361-6498/adaaff","DOIUrl":"10.1088/1361-6498/adaaff","url":null,"abstract":"With the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) lowering the annual dose limit for the eye lens to 20 mSv, precise monitoring of eye lens exposure has become essential. The personal dose equivalent at a depth of 3 mm,Hp(3), is the measurement method for monitoring the dose to the lens of the eye. Usual dosemeter type-test irradiations at non-normal angles of radiation incidence (α≠ 0°) primarily use lateral radiation exposure scenarios, where radiation approaches from the left or right, necessitating rotation of the dosemeter-phantom setup around a vertical axis. However, this method does not adequately account for bottom-to-top radiation exposures which are common in real-world situations (such as radiation scattered by a patient reaching medical staff). This study examines oblique radiation exposure conditions using a typical eye lens thermoluminescent dosemeter (TLD), Eye-D, placed on a cylindrical phantom to assess dose response at different angles and exposure energies. The study employs both low-energy (N-30 radiation quality with a mean photon energy of 25 keV) and medium-energy (N-100 radiation quality with a mean photon energy of 83 keV) x-rays at irradiation angles of-60°, 0°, and +60°, measured along the vertical and horizontal rotation axes of the dosemeter-phantom setup. The results show no significant difference between horizontal and vertical (polar and radial) rotation orientations of the dosemeter-phantom setup: recorded relative doses stayed well within ± 1 %, i.e. by far within the attributed combined uncertainty of ± 2 %.","PeriodicalId":50068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radiological Protection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advantages of aligning with ICRP dose limits for India's nuclear program. 与ICRP剂量限制保持一致对印度核计划的好处。

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Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adaafe

D K Aswal, Anirudh Chandra

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Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss. 慢性炎症在镭表盘画家队列：中性粒细胞与淋巴细胞比率升高和辐射引起的听力损失。

IF 1.4 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Radiological Protection Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/adac69

Ronald Earl Goans, L T Dauer, Carol J Iddins, Michael T Mumma, S L McComish, Sergey Y Tolmachev

{"title":"Chronic inflammation in a radium dial painter cohort: elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and radiation-induced hearing loss.","authors":"Ronald Earl Goans, L T Dauer, Carol J Iddins, Michael T Mumma, S L McComish, Sergey Y Tolmachev","doi":"10.1088/1361-6498/adac69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/adac69","url":null,"abstract":"The radium dial painters (RDP) are a well-described group of predominantly young women who incidentally ingested 226Ra and 228Ra as they painted luminescent watch dials in the first part of the twentieth century. In 1974 pathologist Dr. William D. Sharpe published complete clinical and autopsy results for 42 former radium dial painters evaluated in the New Jersey Radium Research Project (NJRRP). This was an important paper due to the completeness of the observations. Surprisingly, in this study, clinicians noted a 35.5% incidence of hearing loss, both conductive and mixed etiologies. Since the 1974 publication, there has developed a considerable literature on radiation-induced hearing loss in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. It is expected that hearing loss would also be associated with systemic inflammation. Recently, the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been shown in many cancer and non-cancer studies to be a nonspecific marker of inflammation. In prior collaborative efforts with the United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries (USTUR) and with the NCRP Million Person Study, it has been possible to evaluate NLR from medical records of a cohort of 166 former radium dial painters previously evaluated at Argonne National Laboratory. In addition, NLR was available in historic medical records of the sarcoma and nasopharyngeal cancer patients described in Rowland's summary of the Argonne studies. . Using elevation of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a non-specific marker of inflammation, chronic inflammation has been observed in all cohorts with significant dose. The RDP cohort has had a unique exposure to radium, but the incidence of radiation-induced hearing loss here is uncertain. Due to cosmic radiation dose to astronauts in space flight, there is a significant interest in high LET radiation dose to the brain, including the auditory system. &#xD.","PeriodicalId":50068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radiological Protection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143015118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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