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ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers: Index - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: A subject index and a comprehensive index of radionuclides considered in all parts and supplements of ICRP Publication 30. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Index. Index to radionuclides. AUTHORS: ICRP PAGES: 73 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/08/1982 ISBN Number: 0-08-028884-7... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This report is intended to guide radiologists and others concerned with diagnostic radiology with regard to the factors that influence radiation doses, and hence radiation risks, from different types of X-ray examination. It supersedes Publication Number 16 on the same subject. TABLE ... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 36: Protection Against Ionizing Radiation in the Teaching of Science - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: This report is a revision of ICRP Publication No 13. The recommendations it contains apply to the protection of pupils/students from ionizing radiation. They apply mainly to the teaching of natural science at secondary level, but they may be adapted to some forms of tertiary education... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 18: The RBE for High-LET Radiations with Respect to Mutagenesis - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: The document attempts a wide-ranging comparative survey of scientific reports on high-LET mutagenesis. It considers the implication of this data for radiological protection. It includes information on the effects of high and low doses administered at high and low dose rates. The distinc... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: A unique comprehensive work on the reference male and female, including data on mass of the various organs of the body, chemical composition of the body and various tissues and physiological data. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Anatomical values for Reference Man. Gross and elemental content of R... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. Scope of the report. Indications for action. Physical, clinical and biological data for assessing severity of exposure. Principles of urgent medical care of abnormal exposures. Administrative action following an abnormal exposure. Organization of medical s... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Basic limits for the control of internal dose. Secondary and derived limits for the control of internal dose. Committed dose equivalent (H50) and annual limit on intake (ALI). Dosimetric model for the respiratory system. Dosimetric model for the gastro-intestinal t... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This part gives metabolic data for 30 further elements, including Annual Limits on Intakes (ALI's) for their isotopes. The data given in this report are intended to be used together with the text and dosimetric models described in ICRP Publication 30, Part 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Statem... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This supplement gives relevant dosimetric data for radionuclides considered in ICRP Publication Number 30, Part 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Dosimetric data. Elements: Fluorine. Sodium. Sulphur. Chlorine. Argon. Potassium. Calcium. Chromium. Iron. Copper. Zinc. Bromine. Rubidium. Yttrium. Te... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 30: Limits for Intakes of Radionuclides by Workers, Part 3 - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: One of a series of reports recommending Annual Limits for Intakes (ALI's) of radionuclides by workers. The data given in this report is intended to be used in conjunction with text and dosimetric models described in Part 1 of the ICRP Publication 30. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Elements: Beryl... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: One of a series of reports recommending Annual Limits for Intakes (ALI's) of radionuclides by workers. The data given in these supplements is intended to be used in conjunction with text and dosimetric models described in Part 3 of the ICRP Publication 30. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Supplemen... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 41: Nonstochastic Effects of Ionizing Radiation - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: This report reviews nonstochastic biological and health effects of ionizing radiation, with particular reference to their implications for dose limits in radiation protection. It considers the definition of nonstochastic effects and the biology of the response, with particular emphasis... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Since the publication of the previous report dealing with environmental monitoring the commission has revised its basic recommendations and some aspects of its philosophy dealing with dose limitation. Although many of the previous recommendations are still relevant it was felt necessar... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Protection of the patient in radiotherapy requires, uniquely, not the avoidance of radiation exposure or even the avoidance of risk of severe damage to some tissues. Rather, it involves achieving the optimal balance between the efficacy of sterilising the malignant growth and the minimi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: An ongoing objective of ICRP is to evaluate dose coefficients (doses per unit intake) for members of the public. The purpose ofICRP Publication 71 is to provide updated inhalation dose coefficients for selected radioisotopes of hydrogen, carbon, sulphur, calcium, iron, cobalt, nickel, z... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Maxillofacial Imaging - book by Farman, A.G.;Ruprecht, A.;Gibbs, S.J.;Scarfe, W.C. DESCRIPTION: International Congress Series 1143The quality and scope of scientific research worldwide in Dentomaxillofacial Radiology and Computed Maxillofacial Imaging can be gleaned from the works presented in this book. This discipline has an important place within the health care industry, provi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This publication is concerned with exposures of patients resulting from the administration of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic, therapeutic and research purposes, including some recommendations on protection of the patient's family. The report advises on the factors that influence ab... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In 1977, the International Commission on Radiological Protection issued ICRP Publication 27, "Problems Involved in Developing an Index of Harm". That report discussed the difficulties of making an appropriate comparison of radiation and other effects and suggested a quantitative index t... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The application of the system of dose limitation recommended by the ICRP to the disposal of solid radioactive waste involves consideration of two special factors: the probabilistic nature of future exposures and the long timescales involved. This report takes into account the variable p... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Miners in uranium and other mines are exposed to radioactive gases, as well as to ore dusts containing radioactive materials and external gamma and beta radiation. This report describes the principles and techniques by which radiation hazards may be controlled in mines. Although primari... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This publication represents the data relating to radiation-induced effects on the central nervous system, especially radiation-induced mental retardation; assesses the gestational age at risk and the quantitative risk at low doses; analyses these effects in the light of what is known ab... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 51: Data for Use in Protection Against External Radiation - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: This publication provides information and advice on the relationships between radiometric, dosimetric and radiation protection quantities for external radiation and on their practical utilization. Although this report is mainly about the protection of persons, some of the data presente... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This publication presents biokinetic models and best estimates of biokinetic data for some 120 individual radiopharmaceuticals, giving estimated absorbed doses, including the range of variation to be expected in pathological states, for adults, children and the fetus. Absorbed dose esti... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book contains the ICRP's recommendations for individual monitoring programmes and the interpretation of results of measurements for intakes of radionuclides by workers. It follows the Commission's general principles of monitoring for radiation protection of workers and should be us... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This addendum is concerned with the numerical value of the secondary limits, the Annual Limit on Intake (ALI) and the Derived Air Concentration (DAC) for certain radionuclides. It takes into account data from the 1986 review of Publication 19, which was published as Publication 48. Publ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The Task Group of Committee 4 was originally established to produce a report on methods of optimizing radiological protection other than cost-benefit analysis. As the work of the Task Group progressed, however, it became clear that it would be more useful to produce a report that consid... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This report investigates data on RBE - the Relative Biological Effectiveness - of various types of radiation to assess whether, for specific tissues, the present dose limits or annual limits of intake, based on Q values, and intended to limit the incidence of stochastic effects, are ade... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In March 1987 the International Commission on Radiological Protection established a Task Group which was requested "to evaluate dose per unit intake for members of the public." In Section I, this report incorporates age-dependent physical models and appropriate biokinetic information. S... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Despite the increase in data and the understanding of both deterministic effects and cancer induction in the skin in recent years, many questions that are important for risk estimation remain. This report, adopted by the ICRP in November 1991, is the work of a Task Group set up to consi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The International Commission on Radiological Protection issued its last basic recommendations in 1977. The recommendations have been used widely throughout the world to limit exposure of both radiation workers and members of the public to ionising radiations. Supplementary statements to... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This report describes a revision of the model used in ICRP Publication 30 to calculate radiation doses to the respiratory tract of workers resulting from the intake of airborne radionuclides. This revision was motivated by the availability of increased knowledge of the anatomy and physi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In March 1987 the International Commission on Radiological Protection established a Task Group of Committee 2 "to evaluate dose per unit intake for members of the public". In this, the second of two reports given by the Task Group, ingestion dose coefficients are given for isotopes of s... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Report: Risks Associated with Ionising Radiations - book by ICRP DESCRIPTION: At its meeting in Como, Italy, in September of 1987 the Commission approved a proposal by its Committee 1 on Radiation Effects to set up a Task Group on Risk to evaluate the new estimates of cancer risk, genetic risk and the risk to the fetus that were being developed by committees such... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The International Commission on Radiological Protection issued its last basic recommendations in 1977. The recommendations have been used widely throughout the world to limit exposure of both radiation workers and members of the public to ionising radiation. Supplementary statements to ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The International Commission on Radiological Protection first set out general principles for planning intervention after an accident over short times and generally near to accidents in ICRP Publication 40 (1984). This document updates and extends the earlier publication and includes qua... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The ICRP, in its 1990 Recommendations, divided situations affecting radiation exposure of individuals into two broad categories: practices and intervention. The basic principles of radiation protection are applied to these categories in different ways. In the case of practices, the prin... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The naturally radioactive noble gas radon, (222Rn), is present in the air outdoors and in all buildings, including workplaces. It is thus an inescapable source of radiation exposure both at home and at work. High radon levels in air can occur in buildings, including workplaces, in some ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The present report on age-dependent dose coefficients to members of the public follows ICRP Publications 56 (ICRP, 1989) and67 (ICRP, 1993). The following elements are covered: iron, selenium, antimony, thorium and uranium. This report gives parameters for the tissue distribution and re... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The Commission's 1990 recommendations on radiation protection standards in ICRP Publication 60 were developed to take into account new biological information related to the detriment associated with radiation exposures and supercede the earlier recommendations in ICRP Publication 26. In... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The purpose of ICRP Publication 70 is to update information and reference values for the human skeleton. In keeping with the charge issued by Committee II in 1984 to update the original Reference Man ( ICRP Publication 23), increased emphasis has been given to the normal biological vari... view more info and the price of this book. |
Radiologic Atlas of Bone Tumors - book by Mulder, J.D.;Schutte, H.E.;Kroon, H.M.;Taconis, W.K. DESCRIPTION: Unlike most of the recent publications on bone tumors, this book has been written by radiologists, and hence with the emphasis on the radiologic approach to the diagnosis of bone tumors. The authors provide clear and comprehensive descriptions of clinical and radiologic data of bone tum... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: 1994 marked the 50th anniversary of the Osaka City University Medical School. An International Symposium entitled "Brain, Heart and Tumor Imaging -updated PET and MRI-" was held on October 2-4, 1994, in Osaka, Japan.The diagnostic techniques of these fields have made remarkable advances... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The treatment of cerebrovascular lesions has undergone remarkable changes, with surgery being replaced by interventional radiological treatment. The greatest innovation can be seen in the treatment of aneurysms combined with the progress management of vasospasm. Additionally, treatment ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In its Publications 56, 67, 69, 71, and 72, ICRP provided age-specific biokinetic models and dose coefficients (dose per unit intake of radioactive substance) for members of the public. Committed effective doses for inhalation or ingestion of radionuclides by occupationally exposed work... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The ICRP Publication 66 Human Respiratory Tract Model for Radiological Protection (HRTM) has been applied to calculate dose coefficients (doses per unit intake) and bioassay functions in ICRP Publications 68, 71, 72 and 78. For these purposes, ICRP assigned numerical values to a range o... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This report presents detailed information on age- and gender-related differences in the anatomical and physiological characteristics of reference individuals. These reference values provide needed input to prospective dosimetry calculations for radiation protection purposes for both wor... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In its 1990 recommendations, the ICRP considered the radiation risks after radiation exposures during prenatal development. This report critically reviews new experimental animal data on biological effects and evaluations of human studies after prenatal radiation published since then. ... view more info and the price of this book. |
CAR '96 - Computer Assisted Radiology - book by Lemke, H.U.;Vannier, M.W.;Inamura, K.;Farman, A.G. DESCRIPTION: A conference like CAR attempts to throw light on the changes in computer technology by collecting, evaluating and distributing information on these developments. Oganizing CAR on a yearly basis is a response to this need.Digital imaging still remains one of the key technologies for prog... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The purpose of ICRP 72 is to summarise data on age-dependent committed effective dose coefficients for members of the public from intakes by ingestion and inhalation of radioisotopes of the 91 elements described in ICRP Publications 56, 67, 68, 69 and 71. These dose coefficients have be... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The purpose of ICRP Publication 73 is to clarify how the recommended system of radiological protection as described in the 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection should be applied in medicine. This report is addressed principally to physicians an... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 74 provides an extensive and authoritative set of data linking the operational quantities defined by ICRU with the dosimetric and protection quantities defined by ICRP. The operational quantities provide a satisfactory basis for most of the measurements for radiation pr... view more info and the price of this book. |
Recent Advances in Biomedical Imaging - book by Ishii, Y.;Yonekura, Y.;Fujibayashi, Y.;Sadato, N. DESCRIPTION: Recent advances in medical imaging including magnetic resonance imaging, position emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography realized functional imaging of human body both in the normal subjects and in the patients with various diseases. On the other hand, molecu... view more info and the price of this book. |
CAR '97 - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery - book by Lemke, H.U.;Inamura, K.;Vannier, M.W. DESCRIPTION: The CAR conference series, now in its 12th year, focuses on new computer assisted tools for radiology and surgery. Held annually in cities of internationally renowned excellence in medical care, CAR supports worldwide cooperation towards the common goal of improving health care. Many pr... view more info and the price of this book. |
Atlas of Clinical Nuclear Medicine - book by Fogelman, Ignac;Maisey, Michael;Clarke, Sue DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Fogelman, Ignac;Maisey, Michael;Clarke, Sue PAGES: 736 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/12/1993 ISBN Number: 0-8151-3341-3... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book's intention with its many illustrations and tables is to give the reader an overview of the efficancy of the methods used in the assessment of physiological and pathophysiological changes in cerebral hemodynamics and neurosonology.Besides the selected contributions of the Symp... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 75 reports comprehensively on the principles for the protection of workers from ionising radiation. It develops guidance on the implementation of the principles in the 1990 Recommendations of the ICRP (ICRP Publication 60), including the concepts of constraint and refer... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 76 develops the principles outlined in ICRP Publication 60 and elaborates on the concepts inICRP Publication 64 concerning protection from potential exposure. It deals with such potential exposure primarily affecting individuals who are also subject to exposures in norm... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 77 reaffirms the Commission's current policy of radiological protection, in particular its policy on public exposure, and aims to clarify the practical application of that policy to the disposal of radioactive waste. It discusses the justification of a practice, the opt... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: International Congress Series 1165CAR '98 held in Tokyo, Japan, gathered together a host of international and interdisciplinary scientists for the purpose of introducing modern computer-assisted imaging technologies into medical diagnosis, therapy and training. In a short span of time, ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Subject Dose in Radiological Imaging - book by Ng, Kwan-Hoong;Bradley, D.A.;Warren-Forward, H.M. DESCRIPTION: The first clinical use of X-rays in what we now call diagnostic radiology, came just a few months after the discovery of X-rays in late 1895. To date, diagnostic radiology accounts for a very large fraction of all man-made radiation doses and some 90% of all medical radiation doses. Al... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 78 replaces the previous ICRP Publication 54 on individual monitoring programmes and the interpretation of results of measurements for intakes of radionuclides by workers. The updating was considered necessary because ICRP published new dose coefficients for intakes of ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 79 provides an extensive discussion of hereditary variations in the susceptibility to cancer, and includes a commentary on the possible implications of such susceptibility variations for radiological protection. Current ICRP recommendations are based essentially on the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Dramatic changes in the information and communication technologies have brought about an impact in the healthcare community. Imaging procedures with direct digital radiography, virtual endoscopy, spiral CT and interventional MR identify a few of the manifestations of this increasing dev... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Over the last decade or so, many investigators have carried out basic studies and clinical applications toward the development of modern computerized schemes for detection and characterization of lesions in radiologic images, based on computer vision and artificial intelligence. These m... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This publication concerns the management of pregnant patients as well as pregnant workers in medical establishments where ionising radiation is used. Thousands of pregnant patients and medical radiation workers are exposed to radiation each year. Lack of knowledge is responsible for gre... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This ICRP Publication reviews data on naturally occuring multifactorial diseases and develops a mathematical model to predict the impact of radiation-induced mutations on the frequencies of these diseases in the population. It provides a broad outline of the aetiological features and ex... view more info and the price of this book. |
Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine - book by Naruse, S.;Watari, H. DESCRIPTION: This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Ultrafast Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine (ISUM '99) organized by the Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (JMRM). The symposium consisted of 32 keynote lectures and scientific... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 80 provides biokinetic models, absorbed doses, and effective doses, using ICRP Publication 60 dosimetry, for 10 new radiopharmaceuticals. It also provides recalculated dose data for the 19 most frequently used radiopharmaceuticals from ICRP Publication 53, using ICRP Pu... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a rapidly emerging technology for physiological and biochemical imaging in vivo. This book contains the most recent and comprehensive scientific works in the field of PET. It includes current topics in clinical and basic aspects of PET studies whi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Oral and maxillofacial radiology is a wide field covering basic to clinical radiology, radiation physics and biology, diagnostic imaging, therapeutic radiology, health physics, radiation hazards and protection. Oral and maxillofacial radiology now holds a secure place as a dental scienc... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Over the centuries, the macroscopic view of the human being has been enhanced with an anatomical and functional degree of detail, such that no physician can no longer memorise this wealth of information. With modern imaging tools, the information which may be obtained from a particular ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 81 deals with the radiological protection of members of the public following the disposal of long-lived solid radioactive waste using the 'concentrate and retain' strategy. It covers options including shallow land burial and deep geological disposal. Its recommendations... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ICRP Publication 82 addresses the general application of the ICRP System of Protection to the control of prolonged exposures resulting from practices and to the undertaking of interventions in prolonged exposure situations. It also recommends generic reference levels for such interventi... view more info and the price of this book. |
ICRP Publication 97 Prevention of High-dose-rate Brachytherapy Accidents - book by DESCRIPTION: High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a rapidly growing technique replacing low dose rate (LDR) procedures over the last few years in both industrialised and developing countries. It is estimated that about 1/2 million procedures (administrations of treatment) are performed by HDR units... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Interventional radiology (fluoroscopically-guided) techniques are being used by an increasing number of clinicians not adequately trained in radiation safety or radiobiology. Many of these interventionists are not aware of the potential for injury from these procedures or the simple met... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Over-dosage accidents in radiotherapy have often had devastating and sometimes fatal consequences. Under-dosage accidents causing inadequate tumour control also occur; they are difficult to detect clinically. Radiotherapy is increasing worldwide, and accidents may be expected to increas... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This report points out that the doses to tissues from computed tomography, CT, can often approach or exceed the levels known with certainty to increase the probability of cancer. Radiologists are responsible for managing the dose in collaboration with imaging staff and medical physicist... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In its Publications 56, 67, 69, 71, and 72, ICRP provided age-specific biokinetic models and dose coefficients (dose per unit intake of radioactive substance) for members of the public. Committed effective doses for inhalation or ingestion of radionuclides by occupationally exposed work... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Over the last few years ICRP has developed a number of reports giving ingestion and inhalation dose coefficients for members of the public. A CD-ROM is now available which gives inhalation dose coefficients for ten aerosol sizes (0.001, 0.003, 0.01, 0.03, 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, 5 and 10 im AMA... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Almost 500 paper and poster contributions from more than 30 countries had to be evaluated for CARS 2004. In addition to the traditional CARS themes and topics, emphasis has been given to developments such as IHE, Surgical Workflow and PACS, Operation Room of the Future, and Strategic Th... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: There are obvious benefits to health from medical uses of radiation, in x-ray diagnostics, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy. However, there are well-established risks from high doses of radiation (radiotherapy, interventional radiology), particularly if impro... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume once again comprises the papers presented at the 17th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery that was held in London between 25 and 28 June 2003. After many years of research and development in the application of computer and communication techno... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In its 1990 Recommendations, the ICRP indicated that it believed that the standards of environmental control needed to protect man to the degree currently thought desirable would ensure that other species are not put at risk. The ICRP considers that its system of radiological protection... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The effect of ionising radiation is influenced by the dose, the dose rate, and the quality of the radiation. Before 1990, dose-equivalent quantities were defined in terms of a quality factor, Q(L), that was applied to the absorbed dose at a point in order to take into account the differ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Radiation and Humankind, 1258 - book by Shibata, Y.;Yamashita, S.;Watanabe, M.;Tomonaga, M. DESCRIPTION: This volume is a compilation of 38 papers presented at the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science held in Japan on 21 and 22 February 2003. The use of radiation has extended to various fields including medicine,... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Molecular imaging technologies, such as positron emission tomography (PET), have enabled us, at the molecular level, to map and measure the physiological and biochemical processes. In 2002, a PET symposium held and the proceedings published entitled ?Positron Emission Tomography in the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Quantitation in Biomedical Imaging with PET and MRI is a selection of invited papers presented at the International Workshop on Quantitation in Biomedical Imaging with PET and MRI, held in Osaka, Japan. Leading experts from around the world were invited, along with one hundred and fourt... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Abstract - After some therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures with unsealed radionuclides, precautions may be needed to limit doses to others, but this is rarely the case after diagnostic procedures. Iodine-131 results in the most dose to medical staff, public, caregivers, and family me... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: With digital techniques exist the potential to improve the practice of radiology but also the risk to overuse radiation. The main advantages of digital imaging: wide dynamic range, post-processing, multiple viewing options, electronic transfer and archiving possibilities are clear but o... view more info and the price of this book. |
State of the Art: Ultrasonics in Medicine, 1274 - book by Itoh, Kouichi DESCRIPTION: The congress covered a wide range of topics in medicine and biology, such as progress in ultrasonic diagnosis and treatment; ultrasonics and education in Asia; and the physical and engineering aspects of ultrasound. The fruits of this congress will no doubt serve to advance medical res... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Ever more attention has been focused on naturally occurring radiation, thanks to the shift of public concern and scientific interest from high to low-level radiation in recent years. There are many places in the world that are known to have high levels of terrestrial background gamma ra... view more info and the price of this book. |
CARS 2005 - Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 1281 - book by Lemke, Heinz DESCRIPTION: This volume contains the papers of the 19th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2005) that will be held in Berlin, Germany between 22 and 25 June 2005. For 20 years, CARS has developed a culture of innovation with its focus on interdisciplinary and i... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Abstract - There is a need for professional advice on measures to be undertaken should a radiological attack occur. This report reaffirms the applicability of existing ICRP recommendations to such situations. It is mainly concerned with attacks involving 'radiological dispersion devices... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: ABSTRACT - The use of permanent radioactive implants (125I or 103Pd seeds) to treat selected localized prostate cancer patients has been rapidly increasing all over the world in the last fifteen years. To date, it is estimated that more than 50,000 patients are treated this way every y... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Abstract-In 1997, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) initiated a project intended to lead up to the replacement of its 1990 Recommendations (Publication 60) with a view to producing new, consolidated Recommendations 10-15 years after those of 1990. In order ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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