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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. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-21-29
A.V. Gutnov1, O.V. Belov2, G.S. Kachmazov1, T.T. Magkoev1,
N.R. Popova3, N.E. Pukhaeva 1, 2
The Effect of Heavy Ion Irradiation on the Metabolism of Technologically and Biologically Significant Microorganisms: Biotechnological Prospects of Application
1 North Ossetian State University, Vladikavkaz, Russia
2 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
3 Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Pushchino, Russia
Contact person: A.V. Gutnov, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To review the literature on the use of heavy ion beam mutagenesis for selecting various microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, yeast, and microalgae, for biotechnological purposes.
Material and methods: Data have been collected over the past 15 years on the metabolic effects of mutants exposed to heavy ions, biotechnologically significant microbiological objects (bacteria, fungi, algae).
Results and discussion: The biotechnological and genetic significance, as well as the morphological and other aspects of the detected changes in mutant microbiological objects, are discussed. Currently, heavy ion irradiation-induced mutagenesis with high linear energy transfer and biological efficiency is recognized as a powerful new method for creating microbial strains with previously unknown properties. We believe that targeted breeding using heavy ion mutagenesis will make a significant contribution to the development of industrial producer strains for biotechnology.
Conclusion: The studies discussed in this review indicate that the use of ion beam mutagenesis for microorganisms can be beneficial for both fundamental science and applied research.
Keywords: biotechnology, microorganisms, metabolism, mutagenesis, heavy ion irradiation
For citation: Gutnov AV, Belov OV, Kachmazov GS, Magkoev TT, Popova NR, Pukhaeva NE. The Effect of Heavy Ion Irradiation on the Metabolism of Technologically and Biologically Significant Microorganisms: Biotechnological Prospects of Application. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(1):21–29. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-21-29
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The work was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for the ARIADNA collaboration of the NICA complex (FEFN-2024-0002, FFRS-2024-0019 and FEFN-2024-0006).
Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 20.10.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.11.2024.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-30-38
E.I. Matkevich, A.N. Bashkov, O.V. Parinov, A.S. Samoylov
CT and MRI in Diagnostic Practice at the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biological Center:
Opportunities for Optimizing Studies to Reduce Radiation Exposure
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: E.I. Matkevich, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To analyze the frequency and structure of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies at the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center from 2020 to 2023 by major anatomical regions, to assess the potential for reducing radiation exposure in CT.
Material and methods: The number and structure of CT and MRI studies performed at a multidisciplinary medical institution from 2020 to 2023 were analyzed. During this period, a total of 62,340 CT studies were conducted on three multispiral CT scanners, and 29,942 MRI studies were conducted on four high-field MRI scanners. The primary areas of study, as per form No. 30 approved by Rosstat Order No. 681 dated December 25, 2023, include the head, neck, chest, heart and blood vessels, abdominal cavity, retroperitoneal space, pelvis, spine and spinal cord, bones, soft tissues and mammary glands. The number of studies in these areas, both with and without administration of intravenous contrast, was evaluated.
Results: An increase of 1.2 times in the total number of CT studies and 1.5 times in the total number of MRI studies was established in 2023 compared to 2020. At the same time, in 2023, the number of CT studies was 2.2 times higher than the number of MRI studies. In the structure of CT studies for the entire period from 2020 to 2023, the main share fell on the abdominal and retroperitoneal space (35.2–53. %) and chest (33.4–42.9 %), in the structure of MRI during this period, head studies prevailed (28.9–36.6 %), bones and MT (14.3–21.1 %), and spine (20.1–27.5 %). When assessing the ratio of CT and MRI frequencies, a significant predominance of CT over MRI was established for the abdominal and retroperitoneal space (in 2023 – 7.5 times). In the areas of head, neck, pelvis, spine, bones and MT, the prevalence of MRI studies over CT was found to be from 1.1 to 13.9 times.
Conclusion: A growth in the number of CT and MRI studies was recorded at the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center during the period from 2020 to 2023 in 2 time, which aligns with the data from the State Report “On the State of Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being of the Population in the Russian Federation in 2022”. The area of abdominal and retroperitoneal space studies can be considered as the primary potential for increasing the share of MRI studies, following an additional assessment of indication optimization, to reduce patient radiation exposure.
Keywords: multidisciplinary clinic, radiology diagnostics, CT, MRI, number of studies, research structure
For citation: Matkevich EI, Bashkov AN, Parinov OV, Samoylov AS. CT and MRI in Diagnostic Practice at the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biological Center: Opportunities for Optimizing Studies to Reduce Radiation Exposure. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(1):30–38. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-30-38
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Article received: 20.10.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.11.2024.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-45-52
P.S. Miklyaev1, 2, E.I. Kaygorodov2, T.B. Petrova3, A.M. Marennyy2, L.E. Karl2,
D.V. Shchitov4, P.A. Sidyakin4, M.A. Murzabekov4, D.N. Tsebro4, Yu.K. Gubanova2,
M.P. Mnatsakanyan2, G.P. Gertsen2
Radon Hazard Mapping of Pyatigorsk City Considering Geological Data
1 E.M. Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Moscow, Russia
2 Enterprise Research and Technical Center of Radiation-Chemical Safety and Hygiene, Moscow, Russia
3 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
4 North Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, Russia
Contact person: P.S. Miklyaev, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Aim: To map the potential radon hazard of territories based on the results of sample measurements of radon equivalent equilibrium concentration (EEC) in the premises of public buildings in connection with the analysis of geological information reflected in the state geological maps at the scale of 1:200 000, supported by the results of reconnaissance measurements of the content of natural radionuclides in soil samples, using Pyatigorsk as an example.
Material and methods: The results of measurements of radon EEC in the premises of Pyatigorsk were used, which were carried out mainly in kindergartens, schools and higher educational institutions of the city separately in summer and winter periods with the help of the track method using the equipment set TREC-REI_1M (LR-115-2 detectors placed in REI-4 exposimeters). A total of 2851 measurements of radon EEC in 97 buildings were analysed. Measurements of the specific activity of natural radionuclides in 20 soil samples were carried out using the gamma spectrometer NaI(Tl) with ‘Progress-2000’ software.
Results: The territory of Pyatigorsk was mapped according to the degree of potential radon hazard. It was found that potentially radon-hazardous areas are those composed of cover loams and clays with specific activity of 226Ra 30–64 Bq/kg. The arithmetic mean value of radon EEC in buildings in these areas is 125 and 109 Bq/m3, and the proportion of EEC values exceeding the permissible level of
200 Bq/m3 is 18 and 13 %, respectively. Areas consisting of relatively low radioactive alluvial sediments and marls are characterised by a relatively low radium content in the soil (11–32 Bq/kg) and low radon EEC values in buildings (on average 50–70 Bq/m3); the proportion of radon EEC values exceeding the permitted level of 200 Bq/m3 in these areas does not exceed 5 %. Maps of both preQuaternary bedrocks and Quaternary sediments were used to correctly delineate areas characterised by different soil types. In some cases, the resolution and detail of the 1:200,000 scale proved to be insufficient, requiring additional geological investigations to clarify the position of geological boundaries on the ground. In the future it is planned to carry out more detailed studies of the specific activity of radionuclides in soils and to supplement the available data with the results of surface radon flux density measurements. The experience gained in zoning can be used in the development of theoretical bases for the mapping of potentially radon-hazardous areas.
Keywords: potential radon hazard, EEC, soil radium content, mapping, zoning, geological data, Pyatigorsk
For citation: Miklyaev PS, Kaygorodov EI, Petrova TB, Marennyy AM, Karl LE, Shchitov DV, Sidyakin PA, Murzabekov MA, Tsebro DN, Gubanova YuK, Mnatsakanyan MP, Gertsen GP.Radon Hazard Mapping of Pyatigorsk City Considering Geological Data. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(1):45–52. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-45-52
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Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 20.10.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.11.2024.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-39-44
M.N. Ziyatdinov, A.R. Tukov, A.M. Mikhailenko, M.G. Archegova
Digital Technologies in Recording Occupational Diseases and their Analysis
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: Alexander Romanovich Tukov, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
The article is aimed at the study of digital technology in the sectoral occupational health service. The relevance of the study is due to the changing requirements to the accounting of occupational diseases and their analysis.
The article presents a model of digital health care ‒ the Industry Register of Persons with Occupational Diseases, formulates the tasks, stages of its creation and recommendations for its implementation.
Digital health care is a project that accumulates data on employees with occupational diseases in digital form from health care institutions of FMBA of Russia in order to record and process them and make effective management decisions on their socio-medical rehabilitation.
The development and application of digital health in this direction represents an innovative management system that implies the preservation of professional longevity.
The digital health model in the Sectoral Occupational Health Service was implemented with the exclusion of the existing model, immediately taking over its powers and functions. This implementation process eliminated the loss of information while improving the culture of statistical recording of occupational diseases and their analysis.
In the process of changing the existing system of accounting and reporting in the professional service of the industry, at the same time, information transparency is growing, built on a personal basis, forms a dialog between FMBA of Russia and producers of medical services in health care institutions of the industry.
This technology makes it possible to carry out actual monitoring of professional health of employees of enterprises and institutions serviced by health care institutions of FMBA of Russia, about its trend.
Keywords: occupational diseases, Industry register, stages of register creation, digital technologies, digital twin
For citation: Ziyatdinov MN, Tukov AR, Mikhailenko AM, Archegova MG. Digital Technologies in Recording Occupational Diseases and their Analysis. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(1):39–44. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-39-44
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Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 20.10.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.11.2024.
Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 1
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-53-59
I.A. Galstian, A.Yu. Bushmanov, F.S. Torubarov, Z.F. Zvereva,
O.V. Shcherbatykh, V.Yu. Nugis, N.A. Metlyaeva, V.I. Pustovoit,
A.S. Umnikov, M.V. Konchalovsky, A.V. Aksenenko, V.V. Korenkov,
L.A. Yunanova, O.G. Kashirina
The Possibilities of Early Diagnosis of Acute Radiation Syndrome Combined with Mechanical Injury
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: I.A. Galstian, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: To study the possibilities of using for early diagnosis of acute radiation bone marrow syndrome (ARBMS) combined mechanical injuries (CRMI) symptoms of the primary reaction to radiation (time of onset of nausea and vomiting, the multiplicity of the vomiting), as well as to assess the depth of absolute lymphopenia during the first week after radiation exposure.
Material and methods: 1. Comparative analysis of the literature data on the early symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and previously published own data on the primary reaction to radiation exposure in acute radiation syndrome (ARS) of varying severity in 134 victims on 04/26/1986 in the Chernobyl accident. 2. Comparative analysis of the dynamics of the absolute number of peripheral blood lymphocytes in 36 patients with mechanical polytrauma (average age – 40.24 ± 4.07 years) and 11 ARS I patients (comparison group 1, average age – 30.00 ± 2.01 years), as well as 15 ARS II patients (comparison group 2, average age – 28.47 ± 2.03 years). Statistical processing of the material is the IBM SPSS Statistics.23 software package, the Kraskal‒Wallis criteria and the Mann‒Whitney U-criterion for independent samples. The results obtained were considered statistically reliable at p <0.05.
Results: 1. Upon admission of a patient with suspected TBI within the framework of CRMI, who has nausea and vomiting, is unconscious and has damage to the skin of the head, dyspeptic syndrome cannot be considered only as a manifestation of the primary reaction to radiation. In the absence of suspicion of TBI, with clear consciousness and intact skin, nausea and vomiting can be used to predict the severity of developing ARBMS. 2. Analysis of the dynamics of peripheral blood lymphocytes in 15 (41.7 %) patients with polytrauma revealed absolute lymphopenia during the first week after mechanical exposure. At the same time, the depth of absolute lymphopenia in trauma without exposure to ionizing radiation at the time when it is usually examined and the severity of ARBMS is determined in individual patients corresponds to the indicators characteristic of ARS I and ARS II (can reach 0.3 × 109/l).
Conclusions: The use of methods for early diagnosis of the severity of ARBMS will have some features in CRMI. The use of criteria for the primary reaction to radiation to diagnose the severity of developing ARBMS can be recommended only if the patient has no obvious signs of TBI: consciousness is preserved, there are no signs of mechanical trauma in the head area (hematomas, abrasions, open wounds, bone fractures). In 42 % of patients with mechanical polytrauma, posttraumatic fever may be detected during the first week of follow-up post-traumatic absolute lymphopenia in combination with post-traumatic absolute lymphopenia can lead to an overestimation of the severity of developing ARBMS. The final decision on the prognosis of the severity of ARBMS, as well as CRMI in general and patient management tactics should be made only after evaluating the absorbed dose by cytogenetic method.
Keywords: combined radiation-mechanical injury, acute radiation bone marrow syndrome, traumatic brain injury, biodosimetry, early diagnosis, primary reaction to radiation, lymphocyte test
For citation: Galstian IA, Bushmanov AYu, Torubarov FS, Zvereva ZF, Shcherbatykh OV, Nugis VYu, Metlyaeva NA, Pustovoit VI, Umnikov AS, Konchalovsky MV, Aksenenko AV, Korenkov VV, Yunanova LA, Kashirina OG. The Possibilities of Early Diagnosis of Acute Radiation Syndrome Combined with Mechanical Injury. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(1):53–59. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-1-53-59
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Article received: 20.10.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.11.2024.