Internal dosimetry: towards harmonisation and coordination of research (2008)
Lopez, M.A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C.M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, Christian, Marsh, J.W., ...
The CONRAD Project is a Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry funded by the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. The activities developed within CONRAD Work Package 5 (‘Coordination...
Analysis of a computational problem involving complex voxel geometries (2008)
Gómez-Ros, J. M., De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Gualdrini, G., Lis, M., López, M. A., ...
This communication briefly summarises the results obtained from the ‘International comparison on MC modeling for in vivo measurement of Americium in a knee phantom’ organised within the EU...
Internal dosimetry: towards harmonisation and coordination of research (2008)
Lopez, M. A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C. M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, C., Marsh, J. W., ...
The CONRAD Project is a Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry funded by the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. The activities developed within CONRAD Work Package 5 (‘Coordination...
Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe: the CONRAD project (2008)
Lopez, M. A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C. M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, C., Marsh, J. W., ...
Gomez-Ros, J.M., De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Gualdrini, G., Lis, M., Lopez, M.A., ...
Radiation Measurements, 43(2008) S.510-15
Gomez-Ros, J.M., De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Gualdrini, G., Lis, M., Lopez, M.A., ...
15th Solid State Dosimetry (SSD15), Delft, NL, July 8-13, 2007
Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe: The CONRAD project. (2008)
Lopez, M.A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C.M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, C., Marsh, J.W., ...
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 127(2008) S.311-16
Internal dosimetry: towards harmonisation and coordination of research. (2008)
Lopez, M.A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C.M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, C., Marsh, J.W., ...
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 131(2008) S.28-33
Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe : the CONRAD project (2007)
Lopez, M.A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C.M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, Christian, Marsh, J.W., ...
The EUropean RAdiation DOSimetry Group (EURADOS) initiated in 2005 the CONRAD Project, a Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry funded by the European Commission (EC), within the 6th Framework...
Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe: the CONRAD project (2007)
Lopez, M.A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C.M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, Christian, Marsh, J.W., ...
The EUropean RAdiation DOSimetry Group (EURADOS) initiated in 2005 the CONRAD Project, a Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry funded by the European Commission (EC), within the 6th Framework...
Potential of modern technologies for improving internal exposure monitoring (2007)
Internal dosimetry is the science of assessing the amount and distribution of radionuclides in the body, and calculating resulting radiation doses to internal organs or tissues over specific time...
Lamart, S., De Carlan, L., Blanchardon, E., Franck, D.
As part of the improvement of calibration techniques of in vivo counting, the Laboratory of Internal Dose Assessment of the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety has developed a...
Gómez-Ros, J. M., De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Gualdrini, G., Lis, M., López, M.A., ...
The general criteria and the scientific approach adopted for an ‘International comparison on Monte Carlo modelling for in vivo measurement of Americium in a knee phantom’ that is being organised...
Franck, D., De Carlan, L., Pierrat, N., Broggio, D., Lamart, S.
Although great efforts have been made to improve the physical phantoms used to calibrate in vivo measurement systems, these phantoms represent a single average counting geometry and usually contain a...
Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe: the CONRAD project (2007)
Lopez, M. A., Etherington, G., Castellani, C. M., Franck, D., Hurtgen, C., Marsh, J. W., ...
The EUropean RAdiation DOSimetry Group (EURADOS) initiated in 2005 the CONRAD Project, a Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry funded by the European Commission (EC), within the 6th Framework...
Mièle, A., Blanchin, N., Raynaud, P., Quesne, B., Giraud, J. M., Fottorino, R., ...
A didactic software, MEthodes DOsimètriques de REférence (MEDOR), is being developed to provide help in the interpretation of biological data. Its main purpose is to evaluate the pertinence of the...
Pierrat, N., Prulhiere, G., De Carlan, L., Franck, D.
New biometric equations used for assessing the thickness of the overlay plate to be added to the physical phantom were determined based on the Computed Tomography (CT) chest images of 33 adult males...
Implementation of bioassay methods to improve assessment of incorporated radionuclides (2007)
Oeh, U., Andrasi, A., Bouvier-Capely, C., Carlan, L. De, Fischer, H., Franck, D., ...
The present work which was carried out in the framework of an EU project (IDEA: Internal Dosimetry—Enhancements in Application; Contract Number: FIKR CT2001 00164) shall provide commonly acceptable...
Andrasi, A., Bouvier, C., Brandl, A., De Carlan, L., Fischer, H., Franck, D., ...
The idea of the IDEA project aimed to improve assessment of incorporated radionuclides through developments of more reliable and possibly faster in vivo and bioassay monitoring techniques and making...
Improvements in routine internal monitoring-- an overview of the IDEA project (2007)
Schmitzer, C., Fischer, H., Andrasi, A., Bouvier, C., Carlan, L., Franck, D., ...
The IDEA project aimed to improve the assessment of incorporated radionuclides through developments of advanced in vivo and bioassay monitoring techniques and making use of such enhancements for...
Potential of modern technologies for improvement of in vivo calibration (2007)
Franck, D., Carlan, L. De, Fisher, H., Pierrat, N., Schlagbauer, M., Wahl, W.
In the frame of IDEA project, a research programme has been carried out to study the potential of the reconstruction of numerical anthropomorphic phantoms based on personal physiological data...
Estimation of the uncertainty in internal dose calculation for two contamination cases (2007)
Blanchardon, E., Molokanov, A., Franck, D., Kochetkov, O., Panfilov, A.
The assessment of internal dose is subject to a large uncertainty due to the limits of measuring technique and to the assumptions made by the expert. Here, we propose an approach to report the...
Carlan, L. De, Roch, P., Blanchardon, E., Franck, D.
This article is dedicated to the application of voxel phantoms in whole-body counting calibration. The first study was performed to validate this approach using IGOR, a physical phantom dedicated to...
IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOASSAY METHODS TO IMPROVE ASSESSMENT OF INCORPORATED RADIONUCLIDES (2007)
Oeh, U., Andrasi, A., Bouvier-Capely, C., Carlan, L. De, Fischer, H., Franck, D., ...
The present work which was carried out in the framework of an EU project (IDEA: Internal Dosimetry--Enhancements in Application; Contract Number: FIKR CT2001 00164) shall provide commonly acceptable...
Andrasi, A., Bouvier, C., Brandl, A., De Carlan, L., Fischer, H., Franck, D., ...
The idea of the IDEA project aimed to improve assessment of incorporated radionuclides through developments of more reliable and possibly faster in vivo and bioassay monitoring techniques and making...
POTENTIAL OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF IN VIVO CALIBRATION (2007)
Franck, D., De Carlan, L., Fisher, H., Pierrat, N., Schlagbauer, M., Wahl, W.
In the frame of IDEA project, a research programme has been carried out to study the potential of the reconstruction of numerical anthropomorphic phantoms based on personal physiological data...
De Carlan, L., Roch, P., Blanchardon, E., Franck, D.
This article is dedicated to the application of voxel phantoms in whole-body counting calibration. The first study was performed to validate this approach using IGOR, a physical phantom dedicated to...
Long term retention and excretion of 201Tl in a patient after myocardial perfusion imaging (2005)
Blanchardon, E., Boisson, P., Célier, D., Cassot, S., ...
201Tl is widely used in nuclear medicine to carry out myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, very limited data is available on long-term distribution in the body, excretion and corresponding...
LONG TERM RETENTION AND EXCRETION OF 201Tl IN A PATIENT AFTER MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (2005)
Blanchardon, E., Boisson, P., Célier, D., Cassot, S., ...
201Tl is widely used in nuclear medicine to carry out myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, very limited data is available on long-term distribution in the body, excretion and corresponding...
Aubineau-Lanièce, I., De Carlan, L., Clairand, I., Lemosquet, A., Chiavassa, S., Pierrat, N., ...
The paper presents the OEDIPE (French acronym that stands for tool for personalised internal dose assessment) and SESAME (for simulation of external source accident with medical images) computational...
De Carlan, L., Roch, P., Blanchardon, E., Franck, D.
The purpose of this work is to present an innovative approach for the creation and application of voxel phantoms associated with the Monte Carlo calculation (MCNP) for the calibration of whole-body...
Chiavassa, S., Lemosquet, A., Aubineau-Lanièce, I., De Carlan, L., Clairand, I., Ferrer, L., ...
This paper aims at comparing dosimetric assessments performed with three Monte Carlo codes: EGS4, MCNP4c2 and MCNPX2.5e, using a realistic voxel phantom, namely the Zubal phantom, in two...
LONG TERM RETENTION AND EXCRETION OF 201Tl IN A PATIENT AFTER MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING (2005)
Blanchardon, E., Boisson, P., Célier, D., Cassot, S., ...
201Tl is widely used in nuclear medicine to carry out myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). However, very limited data is available on long-term distribution in the body, excretion and corresponding...
Lemosquet, A., Clairand, I., De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Aubineau-Lanièce, I.
In the case of overexposure to ionising radiation, estimation of the absorbed dose in the organism is an important indicator for evaluating the biological consequences of this exposure. The physical...
De Carlan, L., Aubineau-Laniéce, I., Lemosquet, A., Borissov, N., R. Jourdain, J., Jeanbourquin, D., ...
The aim of this paper is to describe the dosimetric evaluation of a point contamination that occurred in a laboratory during the examination of an irradiated sample. The incident led to point...
Franck, D., Borissov, N., De Carlan, L., Pierrat, N., L. Genicot, J., Etherington, G.
This paper reports on a new utility for development of computational phantoms for Monte Carlo calculations and data analysis for in vivo measurements of radionuclides deposited in tissues. The...
Developments in internal monitoring techniques (2003)
Schmitzer, C., Brandl, A., Wahl, W., Roth, P., Franck, D., De Carlin, L., ...
In an effort to increase accuracy and speed, improve detection limits and reduce uncertainties in internal dosimetry, laboratories have developed improved or new internal monitoring techniques in...
L. Genicot, J., Geboers, I., Damen, A., Franck, D., De Carlan, L.
This paper compares three ways to reduce the detection limits of in vivo measurements by using passive techniques: the use of shielded rooms, the use of underground laboratories and the adjustment of...
Editorial - In Vivo Monitoring for Internal Contamination: New Techniques for New Needs (2000)
Franck, D., Genicot, J.L., Pihet, P., Schnuer, K., Spitz, H.
Intercalibration of French Lung Monitoring Systems for Actinide Measurements (2000)
Bérard, Ph., Franck, D., Dubiau, C., Soulié, R.
French laboratories involved in lung measurements of actinides have decided to initiate an intercalibration circuit as an easier intermediate step of quality assurance, by using a well-characterised...
Franck, D., Pihet, P., Burger, P., Keters, M., Rouger, M., Lugiez, F., ...
Measuring in vivo contamination remains a difficult task for some actinides such as 239Pu due to the high absorption of low energy X rays associated with alpha decay. X rays and low energy gamma ray...
Computer Assisted Collimation Gamma Camera: A New Approach to Imaging Contaminated Tissues (2000)
Quartuccio, M., Franck, D., Pihet, P., Begot, S., Jeanguillaume, C.
Measurement systems with the capability of imaging tissues contaminated with radioactive materials would find relevant applications in medical physics research and possibly in health physics. The...
Franck, D., Guyot, P., De Carlan, L., Burger, P., Legou, Ph., Mazur, C., ...
The design and characteristics of a spectroscopy system prototype, featuring a high energy resolution semiconductor detector operating at room temperature, is presented with a view to its use for...
Feasibility of a Room Temperature Silicon System to Peform Low Energy Lung Spectroscopy (1998)
De Carlan, L., Franck, D., Burger, P., Cahan, B., Legou, Ph., Maillard, O., ...
This study is part of a project aimed at developing a new monitoring system to improve measurements of lung retention for 239Pu. To cover the thoracic volume, the proposed system uses silicon...
Pihet, P., Berger, P., Franck, D., Berard, Ph., Paul, D., ...
For monitoring internal exposure, detector systems with sufficiently low detection limits to measure intakes of 239Pu in lung at low level are missing although much progress has been made in...
Franck, D., Aubineau, I., Charon, Y., Henge-Napoli, M.H., Laniece, P., Montagne-Marcellin, C., ...
A high resolution radio imager (HRRI) was developed to provide an efficient autoradiographic system combining pulse mode detection with on-line capabilities and which meets the requirements of wide...