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Re: ?? Webster Formula
cc: jrg91@virginia.edu,bbusby@umich.edu
I don't know about the name "Webster Formula", but there has been
data published which supports the following FOR MEDICAL FLUORO ONLY:
1 badge: Multiply the DDE by 0.3 = EDE
2 badge: (Under apron at waist; outside at neck)
DDE(waist) * 1.5 + DDE(neck) * 0.04 = EDE
Wes
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 11:50:36 -0600
> Reply-to: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> From: Bruce Busby <bbusby@umich.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: ?? Webster Formula
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: jrg9l@virginia.edu
>
> Someone told me about a formula called the "Webster Formula" which
> is used to equate TEDE or whole body radiation dose to that
> received by a dosimeter worn on the outside of a lead apron at
> collar level while performing fluoroscopy. He thought he had seen
> it referred to in an old HP new letter. Do you know what this
> formula is or where I can find out more about it? Thank you.
>
> Jim Gilchrist, Asst. Dir. Environmental Health and Safety, Univ. of
> Va.
>
> jrg9l@Virginia.edu
>
>
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