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The Mapping of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in the Environment Using an Unmanned Aircraft System by Royo, Pablo, Vargas, Arturo, Guillot, Tania, Saiz, David, Pichel, Jonathan, Rábago, Daniel, Duch, María Amor, Grossi, Claudia, Luchkov, Maksym, Dangendorf, Volker, Krasniqi, Faton

“…The protection of first responders from radioactive contamination with alpha emitters that may result from a radiological accident is of great complexity due…”
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Validation of an in vivo transit dosimetry algorithm using Monte Carlo simulations and ionization chamber measurements by Sánchez‐Artuñedo, David, Pié‐Padró, Savannah, Hermida‐López, Marcelino, Duch‐Guillén, Maria Amor, Beltran‐Vilagrasa, Mercè

“…Purpose Transit dosimetry is a safety tool based on the transit images acquired during treatment. Forward‐projection transit dosimetry software, as…”
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Gamma passing rates of daily EPID transit images correlate to PTV coverage for breast cancer IMRT treatment plans by Sánchez‐Artuñedo, David, Reyes López, Victoria, Granado Carrasco, Raquel, Beltran‐Vilagrasa, Mercè, Duch‐Guillen, Maria Amor, Hermida‐López, Marcelino

“…Purpose The use of the transit image obtained with the electronic portal‐imaging device (EPID) is becoming an extended method to perform in‐vivo dosimetry. The…”
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Material characterization and Monte Carlo simulation of lead and non-lead X-Ray shielding materials by Aral, Nebahat, Duch, Maria Amor, Ardanuy, Monica

“…In this paper, the compositions of commercial lead and non-lead X-ray protective materials were investigated by material analysis methods as FTIR-ATR, SEM/EDS,…”
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Natural and artificial radionuclides in sludge, sand, granular activated carbon and reverse osmosis brine from a metropolitan drinking water treatment plant by Mulas, Dani, Camacho, Antonia, Serrano, Isabel, Montes, Sergio, Devesa, Ricard, Duch, Maria Amor

“…•40K showed the highest specific activities in sludge, sand and RO brine.•238U showed the highest specific activities in GAC.•Medically-derived 131I was…”
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Influence of dosemeter position for the assessment of eye lens dose during interventional cardiology by Principi, Sara, Ginjaume, Mercè, Duch, Maria Amor, Sánchez, Roberto M, Fernández, Jose M, Vano, Eliseo

“…The equivalent dose limit for the eye lens for occupational exposure recommended by the ICRP has been reduced to 20 mSv y(-1) averaged over defined periods of…”
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The effect of tungsten particle sizes on X-ray attenuation properties by Aral, Nebahat, Amor Duch, Maria, Banu Nergis, F., Candan, Cevza

“…Equipment used for personal radiation protection, which consists of polymeric materials with radiopaque powder additives, may cause serious ergonomic problems…”
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Dose distributions in SBRT of lung tumors: Comparison between two different treatment planning algorithms and Monte-Carlo simulation including breathing motions by Lax, Ingmar, Panettieri, Vanessa, Wennberg, Berit, Amor Duch, Maria, Näslund, Ingemar, Baumann, Pia, Gagliardi, Giovanna

“…In stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) of lung tumors, dosimetric problems arise from: 1) the limited accuracy in the dose calculation algorithms in…”
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PyMCGPU-IR Monte Carlo code test for occupational dosimetry by Balcaza, Víctor García, Bosman, David Fernández, Badal, Andreu, Von Barnekow, Ariel, O’Connor, Una, Camp, Anna, López, Joan Aranda, Ginjaume, Mercè, Duch, María Amor

“…Abstract PyMCGPU-IR is an innovative occupational dose monitoring tool for interventional radiology procedures. It reads the radiation data from the Radiation…”
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Validation of organ dose calculations with PyMCGPU-IR in realistic interventional set-ups by Fernández-Bosman, David, von Barnekow, Ariel, Dabin, Jérémie, Malchair, Françoise, Vanhavere, Filip, Amor Duch, Maria, Ginjaume, Mercè

“…•New photon transport Monte Carlo based calculation tool for interventional radiology procedures.•PyMCGPU-IR calculates organ dose distributions as well as the…”
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Medically-derived radionuclides levels in seven heterogeneous urban wastewater treatment plants: The role of operating conditions and catchment area by Mulas, Dani, Camacho, Antonia, Garbayo, Ana, Devesa, Ricard, Duch, Maria Amor

“…In nuclear medicine radionuclides are administered to patients both for diagnosis or treatment. Subsequently, the excreta from patients, enriched in…”
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Recent radiation protection activities related to nuclear facilities on the Iberian Peninsula by Sáez-Muñoz, Marina, Cerezo, Agustín, Prieto, Elena, Salvadó, Marçal, Vildosola Hernandez, Iñigo, Duch, Maria Amor, Camp, Anna, Gallego, Eduardo, Gonzalez-Cadelo, Juan, Verdú, Gumersindo

“…•Radiation protection situation in the Iberian Peninsula.•R&D projects in radiation protection carried out in Spain.•Developments in connection with…”
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Validation of the MC-GPU Monte Carlo code against the PENELOPE/penEasy code system and benchmarking against experimental conditions for typical radiation qualities and setups in interventional radiology and cardiology by Fernández Bosman, David, García Balcaza, Victor, Delgado, Clara, Principi, Sara, Duch, Maria Amor, Ginjaume, Mercè

“…•Interventional procedures may produce deterministic effects.•Monte Carlo codes (MC) are the gold standard for computing radiation doses.•MC-GPU is a fast MC…”
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SBRT of lung tumours: Monte Carlo simulation with PENELOPE of dose distributions including respiratory motion and comparison with different treatment planning systems by Panettieri, Vanessa, Wennberg, Berit, Gagliardi, Giovanna, Duch, Maria Amor, Ginjaume, Mercè, Lax, Ingmar

“…The purpose of this work was to simulate with the Monte Carlo (MC) code PENELOPE the dose distribution in lung tumours including breathing motion in…”
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Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in slab phantoms with cortical bone equivalent heterogeneities by Carrasco, P., Jornet, N., Duch, M. A., Panettieri, V., Weber, L., Eudaldo, T., Ginjaume, M., Ribas, M.

“…To evaluate the dose values predicted by several calculation algorithms in two treatment planning systems, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and measurements by…”
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Monte Carlo simulation of MOSFET detectors for high-energy photon beams using the PENELOPE code by Panettieri, Vanessa, Duch, Maria Amor, Jornet, Núria, Ginjaume, Mercè, Carrasco, Pablo, Badal, Andreu, Ortega, Xavier, Ribas, Montserrat

“…The aim of this work was the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of the response of commercially available dosimeters based on metal oxide semiconductor field effect…”
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Comparison of experimental measurements and fast Monte Carlo simulations for typical set-ups in fluoroscopically-guided interventional procedures by Balcaza, V. García, Pagès, Marta Barceló, Martínez, Agustín Ruiz, Camp, Anna, Ginjaume, Mercè, Duch, María Amor

“…PyMCGPU-IR is an application based on the Monte Carlo code MCGPU-IR that automatically retrieves procedure information from X-ray systems and medical worker…”
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Dose evaluation in lung-equivalent media in high-energy photon external radiotherapy by Duch, M. A., Carrasco, P., Ginjaume, M., Jornet, N., Ortega, X., Ribas, M.

“…In high-energy photon external radiotherapy treatment planning systems (TPSs) are used to calculate the dose to the target volume and the dose distribution…”
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EURADOS intercomparison of passive H(10) area dosemeters 2014 by Dombrowski, Harald, Duch, Maria A., Hranitzky, Christian, Kleinau, Philip, Neumaier, Stefan, Ranogajec-Komor, Mária, Rodriguez, Rafael

“…Under the umbrella of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS), different working groups have responded to the requests of monitoring services in…”
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Status of passive environmental dosimetry in Europe by Duch, Maria A., Dombrowski, Harald, Hranitzky, Christian, Kleinau, Philip, Neumaier, Stefan, Ranogajec-Komor, Mária, Rodriguez, Rafael

“…EURADOS Working Group 3 (WG3) aims at providing information about the correct measurement of the ambient dose equivalent (rate) in the environment and has a…”
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