Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Thailand Institute on Nuclear Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Eye Lens Dose Measurement for Nuclear Medicine Staff in Thailand
  Author(s): Waraporn Sudchai*
  
  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reviewed on the dose limit for the lens of the eye followed the recommendation of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in its statement in April 2011. The dose limit to the eye was reduced from 150 mSv in a year to 20 mSv in a year, averaged over defined periods of 5 years, with no annual dose in a single year exceeding 50 mSv. IAEA still announced a measurement value of personal dose equivalent at 3 mm depth with a dosimeter worn as close as possible to the eye and calibrated on a head shape phantom in IAEA Technical Document No. 1731(2013): Implications for Occupational Radiation Protection of the New Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye. The new dose limit and the measurement closed to the eye had made an impact to workers who received dose more than 20 mSv per year and worn dosimeter .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2155-9619.2023.14.546

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