ABSTRACT Image quality in chest radiography is an important, but complex subject. The complicated anatomy of the chest, as well… Read more »
Reports
ICRU Report 69, Direct Determination of the Body Content of Radionuclides
ABSTRACT Previous ICRU reports have dealt with the formulation and properties of tissue substitutes and phantoms that are used to… Read more »
ICRU Report 68, Retrospective Assessment of Exposure to Ionising Radiation
ABSTRACT Basic dose quantities used in dose reconstruction are defined. The following dose reconstruction methods based on measurements performed for… Read more »
ICRU Report 67, Absorbed-Dose Specification in Nuclear Medicine
ABSTRACT A number of reasons have led to a reappraisal of dose specification for nuclear medicine. These include an appreciation… Read more »
ICRU Report 66, Determination of Operational Dose Equivalent Quantities for Neutrons
ABSTRACT This Report provides guidance for the measurement of the operational dose equivalent quantities for neutron radiation, taking into account… Read more »
ICRU Report 65, Quantities, Units and Terms in Radioecology
ABSTRACT This Report provides the first comprehensive and authoritative set of definitions for quantities, units and terms used in the… Read more »
ICRU Report 64, Dosimetry of High-Energy Photon Beams Based on Standards of Absorbed Dose to Water
ABSTRACT This Report examines the methods by which absorbed dose to water can be determined for photon radiations with maximum… Read more »
ICRU Report 63, Nuclear Data for Neutron and Proton Radiotherapy and for Radiation Protection
ABSTRACT This Report represents a departure for the ICRU in that it includes a compact disc carrying an extensive compilation… Read more »
ICRU Report 62, Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Photon Beam Therapy (Supplement to ICRU 50)
ABSTRACT ICRU Report 62 provides recommendations on the volumes and absorbed doses that are important in prescribing, recording and reporting… Read more »
ICRU Report 61, Tissues Substitutes, Phantoms and Computation Modelling in Medical Ultrasound
ABSTRACT This Report presents an expansion of previous ICRU work on phantoms and computational models (ICRU Report 48) into the… Read more »