Micronucleus test for radiation biodosimetry in mass casualty events: Evaluation of visual and automated scoring

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Balia, Cristina ^a   Roggieri, Paola ^a   Cardinale, Francesco ^a,b   Bruzzi, Paolo ^a   Sorcinelli, Francesca ^a,c   Lista, Florigio ^c   D'Amelio, Raffaele ^d   Righi, Enzo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated scoring; Biological dosimetry; Micronucleus test; Radiation; Radiological terrorism

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED SCORING; BIODOSIMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; CALIBRATION CURVES; DOSE EFFECTS; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; DOSE RANGE; DOSE RATE; GOLD STANDARDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IN-VITRO; MASS CASUALTY; MEDICAL DECISIONS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

BIOASSAY; CESIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOLOGY; TERRORISM;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 79151471603     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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