Search Results - "Duch‐Guillen, Maria Amor"

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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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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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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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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Field correction factors for a PTW‐31016 Pinpoint ionization chamber for both flattened and unflattened beams. Study of the main sources of uncertainties by Puxeu‐Vaqué, Josep, Duch, Maria A., Nailon, William H., Cruz Lizuain, M., Ginjaume, Mercè

“…Purpose The primary aim of this study was to determine correction factors, kQclin,Qmsrfclin,fmsr for a PTW‐31016 ionization chamber on field sizes from 0.5 cm…”
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An algorithm to assess the need for clinical Monte Carlo dose calculation for small proton therapy fields based on quantification of tissue heterogeneity by Bueno, M., Paganetti, H., Duch, M. A., Schuemann, J.

“…Purpose: In proton therapy, complex density heterogeneities within the beam path constitute a challenge to dose calculation algorithms. This might question the…”
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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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Experimental verification of Acuros XB in the presence of lung-equivalent heterogeneities by Bueno, M., Duch, M.A., Jurado-Bruggeman, D., Agramunt-Chaler, S., Muñoz-Montplet, C.

“…Acuros XB (AXB) is a deterministic algorithm that directly accounts for the effects of heterogeneities and improves the accuracy of photon dose calculations in…”
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Influence of long-range atmospheric transport pathways and climate teleconnection patterns on the variability of surface Pb-210 and Be-7 concentrations in southwestern Europe by Grossi, Claudia, Ballester, Joan, Serrano Carreño, M. Isabel, Galmarini, Stefano, Camacho García, Antonia, Curcoll, Roger, Morguí, Josep Anton, Rodó, Xavier, Duch Guillen, María Amor

“…The variability of the atmospheric concentration of the 7Be and 210Pb radionuclides is strongly linked to the origin of air masses, the strength of their…”
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Dose calculations in aircrafts after Fukushima nuclear power plant accident – Preliminary study for aviation operations by Vargas, A., Arnold, D., Duch, M.-A., Evangeliou, N., Sievers, K., Maurer, C.

“…There is little information to decision support in air traffic management in case of nuclear releases into the atmosphere. In this paper, the dose estimation…”
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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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On the suitability of ultrathin detectors for absorbed dose assessment in the presence of high‐density heterogeneities by Bueno, M., Carrasco, P., Jornet, N., Muñoz‐Montplet, C., Duch, M. A.

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of several detectors for the determination of absorbed dose in bone. Methods: Three types of…”
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Comparison of different sampling methods for the determination of low-level radionuclides in air by Duch, MA, Serrano, I., Cabello, V., Camacho, A.

“…The aim of this work is to check the consistency of results given by different air dust samplers (flow-rates between 2 and 700m3/h) and measurement protocols…”
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AIR KERMA TO H p (3) CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS FOR IEC 61267 RQR X-RAY RADIATION QUALITIES: APPLICATION TO DOSE MONITORING OF THE LENS OF THE EYE IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS by Principi, S., Guardiola, C., Duch, M. A., Ginjaume, M.

“…Recent studies highlight the fact that the new eye lens dose limit can be exceeded in interventional radiology procedures and that eye lens monitoring could be…”
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Impact of Region-of-Interest Delineation Methods, Reconstruction Algorithms, and Intra- and Inter-Operator Variability on Internal Dosimetry Estimates Using PET by López-Vilanova, N., Pavía, J., Duch, M. A., Catafau, A., Ros, D., Bullich, S.

“…Purpose Human dosimetry studies play a central role in radioligand development for positron emission tomography (PET). Drawing regions of interest (ROIs) on…”
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Systematic influences on the areas of peaks in gamma-ray spectra that have a large statistical uncertainty by Bruggeman, M., Collins, S.M., Done, L., Đurašević, M., Duch, M.A., Gudelis, A., Hyža, M., Jevremović, A., Kandić, A., Korun, M., Ilie, S., Lee, J.M., Lee, K.B., Luca, A., Margineanu, R.M., Pantelica, A., Serrano, I., Šešlak, B., Tugulan, L.C., Verheyen, L., Vodenik, B., Vukanac, I., Zeng, Z., Zorko, B.

“…A method is presented for calculating the expected number of counts in peaks that have a large relative peak-area uncertainty and appear in measured gamma-ray…”
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Coincidence summing corrections for volume samples using the PENELOPE/penEasy Monte Carlo code by Vargas, A., Camp, A., Serrano, I., Duch, M.A.

“…The coincidence summing correction factors estimated with penEasy, a steering program for the Monte Carlo simulation code PENELOPE, and with penEasy-eXtended,…”
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Measurements of eye lens doses in interventional cardiology using OSL and electronic dosemeters by Sanchez, R M, Vano, E, Fernandez, J M, Ginjaume, M, Duch, M A

“…The purpose of this paper is to test the appropriateness of OSL and electronic dosemeters to estimate eye lens doses at interventional cardiology environment…”
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Validation of aerosol low-level activities by comparison with a deep underground laboratory by Camacho, A., Laubenstein, M., Vargas, A., Serrano, I., Vallés, I., Plastino, W., Duch, M.A.

“…The activities on air filters of the radionuclides 40K and 137Cs were measured in an above ground laboratory and compared with the activities measured in an…”
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