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The Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety journal ISSN 1024-6177 was founded in January 1956 (before December 30, 1993 it was entitled Medical Radiology, ISSN 0025-8334). In 2018, the journal received Online ISSN: 2618-9615 and was registered as an electronic online publication in Roskomnadzor on March 29, 2018. It publishes original research articles which cover questions of radiobiology, radiation medicine, radiation safety, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and scientific reviews. In general the journal has more than 30 headings and it is of interest for specialists working in thefields of medicine¸ radiation biology, epidemiology, medical physics and technology. Since July 01, 2008 the journal has been published by State Research Center - Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency. The founder from 1956 to the present time is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, and from 2008 to the present time is the Federal Medical Biological Agency.
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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-58-62
M.V. Osipov1, P.S. Druzhinina2, M.E. Sokolnikov1
Evaluating the Long-Term Health Effects of Diagnostic Radiation Exposure: Opportunities and Future Directions
1 Southern Urals Biophysics Institute, Ozyorsk, Russia
2 P.V. Ramzaev Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Contact person: M.V. Osipov, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To create a factual basis for conducting epidemiological studies on the long-term effects of low-dose diagnostic radiation exposure due to computed tomography examinations among the population living near the nuclear industrial complex enterprise.
Material and methods: The primary source of information for the study was the archival registration logs of patients who underwent computed tomography at medical clinics of the Chelyabinsk region. Epidemiological surveillance of residents of Ozyorsk was carried out retrospectively using the cohort methodology. Information on main risk factors of radiation and non-radiation nature was collected for the study, and the cancer incidence was used as the outcome criteria. The information collected was stored in the “CT Register” database.
Results: As of December 31, 2024, the database contains information on 34,264 records of 20,488 men and women aged 0 to 90 years. The follow-up period started on January 1, 1989 and ended on December 31, 2022. At the end of follow-up, 20 % of the individuals in the study cohort are alive, 38 % have died from various causes. The average effective dose for 1 CT study is 4.70±0.04 mSv. The number of malignant neoplasms in the cohort was 4,174 (20.4 %). The proportion of residents exposed to occupational radiation was 25 %.
Discussion: Foreign analogues of the study indicate small risks at the individual level for those exposed during the CT examinations in childhood. The advantages of the «CT Registrer» database are: all ages of exposed, lifetime follow-up, accounting for several risk factors, and the possibility of reconstructing individual absorbed doses.
Conclusions: For the first time in Russia, a medical and dosimetric registry of individuals living near the nuclear facility, and exposed to X-ray radiation during computed tomography has been created. The «CT Register» database provides the opportunity to conduct an epidemiological study to assess the long-term effects of exposure to low doses of diagnostic radiation, which is an important task for ensuring the radiation safety of the population.
Keywords: CT, computed tomography, cohort, exposure, risk, register
For citation: Osipov MV, Druzhinina PS, Sokolnikov ME. Evaluating the Long-Term Health Effects of Diagnostic Radiation Exposure: Opportunities and Future Directions. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):58–62. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-58-62
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15. Osipov M. V., Fomin Ye. P., Sokol’nikov M.E. Assessment of the Impact of Diagnostic Irradiation Using the Radiation and Epidemiological Register of the Population of Ozersk, Examined Using Computed Tomography. Meditsinskaya Radiologiya i Radiatsionnaya Bezopasnost’ = Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2020;65;4:65-73 (In Russ.). doi: 10.12737/1024-6177-2020-65-4-65-73.
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The study was conducted using funds from the Federal Budget of the Russian Federation within the framework of State Contract No. 11.314.22.2 for the implementation of applied research work “Analysis of the consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation on the health of the population and descendants living near nuclear facilities of «Rosatom» (“Consequences-22”).
Contribution. Osipov M.V. – concept and design of the study, development of the research methodology, and data analyses; Druzhinina P.S. – literature overview, statistical processing of data; Sokolnikov M.E. – scientific editing.
Article received: 20.05.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.06.2025.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-63-69
T.V. Azizova1, E.S. Grigoryeva1, N. Hamada2
Influence of Dose Rate on Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in the Mayak Employee Cohort
1 Southern Urals Federal Medical Biophysics Research Centre, Ozyorsk, Russia
2 Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan
Contact person: T.V. Azizova , e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the impact of radiation dose rate on the mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD) in a cohort of workers chronically exposed to ionizing radiation.
Material and methods: The study considered the subcohort of the Mayak Production Association (PA) workers (WSC) who were hired between 1948 and 1982 and were living in the city of Ozyorsk (residents). The WSC included 13,156 individuals who were followed up until December 31, 2018 (13,156 individuals). To assess the impact of dose rate on the mortality from IHD, the dose window method was applied. In the first phase of the study, we analyzed the dose-response relationship using the excess relative risk (ERR) per unit dose of external radiation exposure (in Gy) based on the conventional linear model. Subsequently, we performed the analysis considering the radiation dose rate by utilizing annual doses recorded with individual film badge dosimeters. We defined the dose rate cut-off points from 5 to 50 mGy/year, with intervals of 5 mGy. To compare the conventional model with the dose-rate models, the maximum likelihood technique was used. All the calculations were carried out using the AMFIT module of the EPICURE software.
Results: We found the significantly increased IHD mortality risk in workers exposed at dose rates >0.015 Gy/year, >0.020 Gy/year, >0.025 Gy/year, >0.030 Gy/year, >0.035 Gy/year, >0.040 Gy/year, >0.045 Gy/year, >0.050 Gy/year compared to dose rates below these cut-off points. The uninterrupted radiation exposure at dose rate above a cut-off point during 5 consecutive years considerably increased the IHD mortality risk. Exclusion of the adjustment for alpha dose from the model resulted in the decrease of the ERR/Gy at higher dose rate and to the loss of the statistical significance for certain cut-off points (0.045 and 0.050 Gy). On the contrary, the exclusion of this adjustment resulted in the increase in risk estimates at lower dose rates for all cut-off points without any changes in the statistical significance of the estimates.
Conclusions: The study results indicate that the excess relative risks of the IHD mortality per unit dose of external radiation exposure in nuclear workers chronically exposed to ionizing radiation depended on the dose rate and the duration of the uninterrupted exposure at higher dose rates.
Keywords: mortality, ischemic heart disease, ocupational radiation exposure, ionizing radiation dose rate
For citation: Azizova TV, Grigoryeva ES, Hamada N. Influence of Dose Rate on Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in the Mayak Employee Cohort. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):63–69. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-63-69
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The study had no sponsorship.
Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 20.05.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.06.2025.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-75-81
I.A. Galstyan, A.Yu. Bushmanov, M.V. Konchalovsky,
V.Yu. Nugis, N.A. Metlyaeva, O.V. Shcherbatykh, L.A. Yunanova
Peripheral Blood Indices at Different Periods of Chronic Radiation Syndrome (Literature Review)
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: I.A. Galstyan, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
The article reviews literature data on the state of peripheral blood in different periods of chronic radiation syndrome (CRS). In the period of disease formation in workers of the Mayak Production Association when working under high dose rate irradiation conditions, the time of development of clinical manifestations was determined by the rate of accumulation of the threshold dose value and ranged from 1–2 to 5–8 years. Patients showed moderate leukopenia (2.6–4.0 × 109/l with normal values of 5.0–8.0 × 109/l), thrombocytopenia (70.0-160.0 × 109/l with the normal values of 200.0–300.0 × 109/l). In more severe cases, mainly at high dose rates (more than 1.0 Gy/year), anemic syndrome developed. Damage to hematopoiesis in most cases (except for 2 patients) did not reach the degree of aplastic anemia.
The population of the Techa River basin was more heterogeneous in age and health at the time of the onset of radiation exposure, which predetermined the characteristics of the clinical manifestations of CRS. A shortening of the latent period of CRS in children was noted. There were no cases of CRS of grade III severity. Anemic syndrome of radiation genesis was not observed. All identified anemias were associated with iron deficiency.
After the cessation of contact with gamma radiation, blood counts were restored, reaching physiological levels in the near future. The concentration of platelets reached the normal value, as a rule, within the next 5 years after withdrawal from production conditions. Leukopenia persisted for up to 25 years, especially in patients with CRS of grade III severity.
The reaction of the hematopoietic system to chronic intake of radionuclides is determined by the patterns of their distribution in the body. In the presence of incorporated osteotropic radionuclides, signs of incomplete hematopoiesis regeneration persisted in patients after cessation of irradiation.
Keywords: chronic radiation syndrome, peripheral blood, accumulated dose, dose rate, osteotropic radionuclides, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia
For citation: Galstyan IA, Bushmanov AYu, Konchalovsky MV, Nugis VYu, Metlyaeva NA, Shcherbatykh OV, Yunanova LA. Peripheral Blood Indices at Different Periods of Chronic Radiation Syndrome (Literature Review). Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):75–81. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-75-81
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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-70-74
A.M. Korelo, M.A. Maksioutov, S.Yu. Chekin, K.A. Tumanov,
N.V. Shchukina, E.V. Kochergina, O.E. Lashkova, N.S. Zelenskaya, V.K. Ivanov
Influence of Exposure Duration on Radiation-Induced Morbidity Among Liquidators of the Consequences of the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
А.F. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre, Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia
Contact person: A.M. Korelo, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To assess the effect of exposure duration on radiation-induced morbidity.
Material and methods: Retrospective cohort study of the influence of the duration of exposure on radiation-induced morbidity of the participants of the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident consequences according to the data of the National Radiation Epidemiologic Register. The SOLID cohort consisted of 67616 persons who had no diagnoses of “solid malignant neoplasms other than skin cancer” before January 1, 1992. The HEART cohort consisted of 69456 persons who had no cardiovascular diseases before January 1, 1988: ischemic heart disease, heart failure, conduction and heart rhythm disorders, heart valve disease and lesions. The end of follow-up is 2023. Observed cohort morbi-
dity was modeled by assuming that the number of disease cases had a Poisson distribution. Three models were tested: non-radiation risk, li-
near relative radiation risk, and exposure time-adjusted linear relative radiation risk. Non-radiation incidence was modeled as an exponential dependence on the region of residence, age at the time of exposure, and calendar year of observation. Adjustment for the time of radiation exposure was modeled as an exponential function. Estimates of coefficients of morbidity models were obtained by the maximum likelihood method using the programming language for statistical calculations R and the packages for R gnm and data.table.
Results: The linear relative radiation risk model was preferred over the non-radiation risk model for both the SOLID cohort (p<0.001) and the HEART cohort (p<0.001). The excess relative radiation risk per 1 Gy was 0,67 (95 % confident interval (CI): 0.37; 1.00) for the SOLID cohort and 0,66 (95 % CI: 0.51; 0.81) for the HEART cohort. Adjustment for exposure time was not statistically significant for the SOLID cohort (–0.10; 95 % ДИ: –0.46; 0.26; p=0.38) but statistically significantly less than 0 for the HEART cohort (–1.19; 95 % ДИ: –1.63; –0.76; p<0.001) – the longer the duration of exposure, the smaller the excess relative radiation risk per 1 Gy.
Conclusion: In the studied cohort of Russian participants of the Chernobyl accident consequences liquidation, a sixfold decrease of the relative radiation risk coefficient per unit dose with increasing duration of exposure from 1 to 100 days was revealed for the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (ischemic heart disease, heart failure, conduction and heart rhythm disorders, heart valve diseases and lesions). For the incidence of solid malignant neoplasms (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) no statistically significant dependence of the relative radiation risk coefficient on the duration of exposure was revealed. The obtained results indicate significant differences in radiation-epidemiologic peculiarities of malignant neoplasms and tissue reactions (heart diseases).
Keywords: Chernobyl accident liquidators, National Radiation Epidemiological Register, morbidity, dose, dose rate, external gamma radiation, exposure duration, cohort study, radiation risk
For citation: Korelo AM, Maksioutov MA, Chekin SYu, Tumanov KA, Shchukina NV, Kochergina EV, Lashkova OE, Zelenskaya NS, Ivanov VK. Influence of Exposure Duration on Radiation-Induced Morbidity Among Liquidators of the Consequences of the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):70–74. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-70-74
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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-82-86
A.Y. Vasiliev1, 2, S.V. Leonov1, 3, 7, N.N. Blinov (m)4, N.N. Potrakhov5,
L.A. Leonova1, 6, A.I. Sakharov6, 7
Chest X-Ray in the Diagnosis of Mine-Explosion Injury During Mass Examination of the Dead
1 Russian University of Medicine, Moscow, Russia
2 Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Moscow, Russia
3 A. Nevsky Military University, Moscow, Russia
4 M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
5 V.I. Ulyanov St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
6 Bureau of the Main Forensic Medical Examination, Moscow, Russia
7. Medical and Biological University of Innovation and Continuing Education, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: L.A. Leonova, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Due to the increasing number of deaths from mine-explosive chest injuries, the problem of diagnosing these injuries during the mass arrival of dead bodies has become urgent for forensic medicine. One of the possible solutions to this problem is an express X–ray diagnosis of mine and explosive damage to the chest organs during a mass examination of the dead.
The purpose of the study: To study the possibilities of express X-ray diagnostics of mine-explosive wounds of the chest using a portable X-ray machine.
Material and methods: Express chest X-ray was performed in 50 victims of the SMO. The entire study was conducted in atypical styling, “with your hands.”
Results: 69 X-ray images were taken. Data were obtained that 66 % of the victims had damage to the bone structure of the chest, in other cases damage to internal organs and soft tissues was detected. In 10 % of cases, damage was caused by small fragments, in 14 % by large fragments, and in 32 % the damage was caused by fragments of various sizes. In 40 % of cases, combined lesions of the chest, skull, neck, abdominal cavity and upper extremities were found on radiographs. The peculiarity of the wounding projectile was clarified and the possibilities of determining the wound channel with visualization of the inlet and outlet openings were studied. X-ray analysis showed that the vast majority of chest injuries were accompanied by rib fractures and soft tissue injuries.
Conclusions: Hand-held photography with a portable X-ray machine in atypical layouts did not create dynamic blurring. The use of a portable device made it possible to diagnose the length and shape of wound channels, allowing for a clear definition of the inlet and outlet openings, the contours of the channel and its direction, as well as minor injuring agents. Express X–ray diagnostics visualizes wounding projectiles well, regardless of what the foreign body is – a bullet or its fragments, a striking element, a fragment of a drone, a fragment of a projectile or a bone.
Keywords: radiography, mine explosion injury, chest, mass examination
For citation: Vasiliev AY, Leonov SV, Blinov (m) NN, Potrakhov NN, Leonova LA, Sakharov AI. Chest X-Ray in the Diagnosis of Mine-Explosion Injury During Mass Examination of the Dead. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(5):82–86. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-5-82-86
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Financing. The study had no sponsorship.
Contribution. Vasiliev Alexander Yuryevich – formation of the idea of express X-ray diagnostics, goals, chest X–ray in corpses, writing the text, approval of the final version of the article – taking responsibility for all aspects of the work, the integrity of all parts of the article and its final version; Leonov Sergey Valeryevich – formation of goals for forensic medicine, autopsy, writing the text, correction of captions and approval of the final version; Nikolai Nikolaevich Blinov (m.) – collecting material, working with images and captions, writing text, searching for publications on the topic, analyzing literature, participating in the processing of material and calculating statistical indicators; Nikolai Nikolaevich Potrakhov – forming the idea of shooting in non-specialized conditions, preparing a device for forensic medicine, checking and correction of physical and technical conditions of shooting; Larisa Aleksandrovna – writing the article text, correcting the drawings and captions, checking the terms in forensic medicine, and scientific editing of the text; Sakharov Alexander Igorevich – writing the article text, correcting the drawings and captions, checking the terms in forensic medicine.
Article received: 20.05.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.06.2025.