Journal of the ICRU
The Journal of the ICRU publishes review articles, in the form of reports, on important and topical subjects within the field of radiation science and measurement. The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) continually reviews radiation science with the aim of identifying areas where the development of guidance and recommendations can make an important contribution.
The ICRU (originally known as the International X-Ray Unit Committee) was conceived at the First International Congress of Radiology (ICR) in London in 1925 and officially came into being at ICR-2 in Stockholm in 1928. It was renamed to International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements in 1965.
The Journal of the ICRU has as its principal objective to provide reviews of the current state of the art, and recommendations for the international community, regarding:
(1) quantities and units of radiation and radioactivity;
(2) procedures suitable for the measurement and application of these quantities in diagnostic radiology, radiation therapy, radiation biology, nuclear medicine, radiation protection, and industrial and environmental activities;
(3) physical data needed in the application of these procedures, the use of which assures uniformity in reporting.
The ICRU endeavors to collect, review, and evaluate the latest data and information pertinent to the problems of radiation measurement, and to recommend in its publications the most appropriate values of radiation quantities and the most acceptable and safest techniques for current use. The Commission maintains close contacts with the US National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) as well as with other international organizations including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Health Organization (WHO), the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Bureau of Weights and Measures/Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) and the International Committee for Weights and Measures/Comité International des Poids et Mesures (CIPM). Many organizations and institutes, radiation workers, patients (particularly those with cancer) and indeed the public benefit directly from the activities of the ICRU.
| M. Bazalova-Carter | University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada |
| F. Boshud | Lausanne University, Switzerland |
| M.-E. Brandan | National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico |
| D. T. Burns | Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Sèvres, France |
| M. Chua | National Cancer Centre, Singapore |
| V. Grégoire | Léon Bérard Cancer Center, Lyon, France |
| R. W. Howell | Rutgers University, USA |
| D. A. Jaffray | MD Anderson, USA |
| T. R. Mackie | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| M McEwen | Ottawa Medical Physics Institute, Canada |
| B. O’Sullivan | Université de Montreal, Canada |
| P. Olko | Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| T. Otto | CERN, Switzerland |
| T.-C. Yen | Chang Gung University, Taiwan |
| R. W. Howell | Rutgers University, USA |
| V. Grégoire | Léon Bérard Cancer Center, Lyon, France |
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