ABSTRACT Spreadsheets may be obtained by writing to icru@icru.org This ICRU/GEC-ESTRO Report starts with the essential background, including a clinical… Read more »
Reports
ICRU Report 88, Measurement and Reporting of Radon Exposures
ABSTRACT Lung cancer risk caused by the inhalation of radon (222Rn) and its short-lived progeny is related to lung dose,… Read more »
ICRU Report 87, Radiation Dosimetry and Image Quality Assessment in Computed Tomography
ABSTRACT Computed tomography has experienced a number of significant technological advances over the past decade, and these have had pronounced… Read more »
ICRU Report 85a (Revised) Fundamental Quantities and Units for Ionizing Radiation
ABSTRACT Definitions of fundamental quantities, and their units, for ionizing radiation are given, which represent the recommendation of the International… Read more »
ICRU Report 86, Quantification and Reporting of Low-Dose and Other Heterogeneous Exposures
ABSTRACT The absorbed dose, the mean value of the energy imparted by ionizing radiation to a volume of interest divided… Read more »
ICRU Report 84, Reference Data for the Validation of Doses from Cosmic-Radiation Exposure of Aircraft Crew
ABSTRACT Aircraft crews are exposed to elevated levels of cosmic radiation of galactic and solar origins and secondary radiations produced… Read more »
ICRU Report 83, Prescribing, Recording, and Reporting Intensity-Modulated Photon-Beam Therapy (IMRT)
ABSTRACT Rapid developments in imaging techniques, including functional imaging, have fueled the drive to implement new methods of delivering three-dimensional… Read more »
Joint ICRP/ICRU Publication on Adult Reference Computational Phantoms (ICRP Publication 110)
A joint ICRP/ICRU Publication on Adult Reference Computational Phantoms, ICRP Publication 110, was published. Click here for more information on… Read more »
ICRU Report 82, Mammography – Assessment of Image Quality
ABSTRACT There are both benefits and risks associated with most medical procedures. Medical imaging, especially imaging that exposes patients to… Read more »
Errata and Addenda: ICRU Report 73 (Stopping of Ions Heavier than Helium)
Errata and Addenda for ICRU Report 73, Stopping of Ions Heavier than Helium Journal of the ICRU vol. 5 no.… Read more »