Coordination of research on internal dosimetry in Europe: The CONRAD project
Résumé
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 Programme (FP). The main purpose of CONRAD is to generate a European Network in the field of Radiation Dosimetry and to promote both research activities and dissemination of knowledge. The objective of CONRAD Work Package 5 (WP5) is the coordination of research on assessment and evaluation of internal exposures. Nineteen institutes from 14 countries participate in this action. Some of the activities to be developed are continuations of former European projects supported by the EC in the 5th FP (OMINEX and IDEAS). Other tasks are linked with ICRP activities, and there are new actions never considered before. A collaboration is established with CONRAD Work Package 4, dealing with Computational Dosimetry, to organise an intercomparison on Monte Carlo modelling for in vivo measurements of 241Am deposited in a knee phantom. Preliminary results associated with CONRAD WP5 tasks are presented here. © The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Mots clés
radioisotope
accidental injury
article
Bayes theorem
biological monitoring
calibration
computer program
data analysis
data base
dosimetry
Europe
feces analysis
intermethod comparison
kinetics
knee
mathematical analysis
mathematical computing
mathematical model
medical research
Monte Carlo method
occupational exposure
occupational hazard
phantom
radiation absorption
radiation dose distribution
radiation exposure
radiation hazard
radiation injury
radiation protection
rescue personnel
urinalysis
bioassay
body burden
European Union
human
methodology
organization
organization and management
radiometry
research
review
Academies and Institutes
Biological Assay
Body Burden
Humans
Radiometry
Research