Health Physics Society Journal

March 2014, Volume 106, Number 3

On the cover: See paper by David Sliney and colleagues on page 353 for more information.

CONTENTS

PAPERS

Activity Thresholds for Patient Instruction and Release for Positron Emission Tomography Radionuclides — Matthew J. Williamson and Lawrence T. Dauer

Optical Safety of Comparative Theater Projectors — David H. Sliney, Casey Stack, David Schnuelle, and Jay Parkinson

Estimating Radiation Absorbed Dose of Individuals Nearby ¹³¹I-Treated Hyperthyroid Patients — Songye Cui, Ling Jiao, Jian Tan, Guizhi Zhang, Haiying Zhang, Wei Long, Saijun Fan, and Wenyi Zhang

Thyroid Cancer Study Among Ukrainian Children Exposed to Radiation After the Chornobyl Accident: Improved Estimates of the Thyroid Doses to the Cohort Members — Ilya Likhtarov, Lina Kovgan, Sergii Masiuk, Mykola Talerko, Mykola Chepurny, Olga Ivanova, Valentina Gerasymenko, Zulfira Boyko, Paul Voillequé, Vladimir Drozdovitch, and André Bouville

Errors in Measurements of ²²²Rn in Methane and Carbon Dioxide Using Scintillation Cells Calibrated for ²²²Rn in Air — Phillip H. Jenkins, James F. Burkhart, and Robert E. Camley

OPERATIONAL TOPIC

Energy Dependent Chest Wall Thickness Equations for Male Lung Monitoring with Germanium Detectors — D. Broggio, X. Lechaftois, O. Abline, B. Fleury, A. Vial, P. Corrèze, D. Franck, and V. Merzoug

NOTE

Historical Review of Lung Counting Efficiencies for Low Energy Photon Emitters — Karen L. Jeffers and David P. Hickman

ICNIRP GUIDELINES

Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electric Fields Induced by Movement of the Human Body in a Static Magnetic Field and by Time-Varying Magnetic Fields Below 1 Hz — International Commission on Nonionizing Radiation Protection

CORRESPONDENCE

Comment on Investigation of Photon Shielding Property Changes in Curing High Density Concrete — Jim Bogard

Response to Bogard — John Schreiner and Matthew Marsh

Response to Khalaf et al., "Effect of a Simulation of ²⁴¹Am Deposition Pattern in the Leg Bones on the Detection Efficiency of a High Purity Germanium Detector" — Megan Lee Lobaugh

Response to Lobough — Majid Khalaf

Comment on the Results of the Long-Term Estimation of the Non-Equilibrium Factor F = 0.75 — J. Thomas

Reply to Thomas — Naomi Harley

BOOK REVIEWS

Physics for Radiation Protection — Ernesto Amato

Human Lung Cancer Risks from Radon, Influence From Bystander and Adaptive Response Non-Linear Dose Response Effects — Michael J. Bonvento

Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine Second Edition: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging — Choonsik Lee

Statistical Methods in Radiation Physics — Michael J. Bonvento

OBITUARY

John M. "Jack" Selby, CHP (1932–2013) — Ronald L. Kathren

OTHER CONTENT

News and Notices

Health Physics Society Prospectus

Health Physics Society Affiliate Members

Author Guidelines

Advertisers Guide

Advertisers Index

Up and Coming

Health Physics (ISSN 0017-9078) is the Official Journal of the Health Physics Society and is published monthly by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2436. For news and abstracts, and to search past issues of the Health Physics Journal, please visit the Health Physics Journal website.