Dr Colin Martin
- Honorary Senior Lecturer (School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing)
email:
Colin.Martin@glasgow.ac.uk
International Commission on Radiological Protection, 27 Garngaber Avenue, Lenzie, ICRP HQ is based in Ottawa, Canada, G66 4LL
Publications
2024
Martin, C. J., Kourtesniemi, M. K., Sutton, D. G., Applegate, K. and Vassileva, J. (2024) A strategy for achieving optimisation of radiological protection in digital radiology proposed by ICRP. Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(4), 041511. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad60d1) (PMID:39555658)
Abuhaimed, A., Mujammami, H., AlEnazi, K., Abanomy, A., Alashban, Y. and Martin, C. J. (2024) Estimation of organ and effective doses of CBCT scans of radiotherapy using size-specific field of view (FOV): a Monte Carlo study. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 47(3), pp. 895-906. (doi: 10.1007/s13246-024-01413-0) (PMID:38536632)
Martin, C. J., Barnard, M. and de Vocht, F. (2024) Authors’ response to ‘Estimates of cardiovascular disease risk from CT scans may be premature’ (Harbron, 2024). Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(2), 024502. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad4b28) (PMID:38770739)
Martin, C. J., Barnard, M. and de Vocht, F. (2024) Evaluation of risks of cardiovascular disease from radiation exposure linked to computed tomography scans in the UK. Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(1), 011513. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad2ebd) (PMID:38422514)
2023
Sookpeng, S. and Martin, C. J. (2023) Impact of iodinated contrast media concentration on image quality for dual-energy CT and single-energy CT with low tube voltage settings. Acta Radiologica, 64(3), pp. 1047-1055. (doi: 10.1177/02841851221107625) (PMID:35912446)
Martin, C. J., Gros, S., Kron, T., Wood, T. J., Vassileva, J., Small, W. and Min, U. N. (2023) Factors affecting implementation of radiological protection aspects of imaging in radiotherapy. Applied Sciences, 13(3), 1533. (doi: 10.3390/app13031533)
2022
Martin, C. J. and Abuhaimed, A. (2022) Variations in size specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(3), 031512. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac85fa) (PMID:35917802)
Smeulders, J., da Silva, E. H., Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., De Mey, J., Martin, C. J. and Buls, N. (2022) Correlation between routine personal dosimetry reading and the dose to the brain of interventional staff. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac060) (PMID:35482286)
Sookpeng, S. and Martin, C. J. (2022) A phantom evaluation of the use of ct automatic tube current modulation with low tube potentials for iodinated contrast studies. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 198(3), pp. 188-195. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac023) (PMID:35224645)
2021
Martin, C. J. and Barnard, M. (2021) Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans? Journal of Radiological Protection, 41(4), pp. 1243-1257. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac270f) (PMID:34525460)
Martin, C.J. et al. (2021) An international survey of imaging practices in radiotherapy. Physica Medica, 90, pp. 53-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.09.004) (PMID:34562809)
2020
Martin, C.J. (2020) Effective dose in medicine. Annals of the ICRP, 49(1_supp), pp. 126-140. (doi: 10.1177/0146645320927849) (PMID:33147998) (PMCID:PMC7750662)
2018
Miller, D.L., Martin, C.J. and Rehani, M.M. (2018) The mandate and work of ICRP Committee 3 on radiological protection in medicine. Annals of the ICRP, 47(3-4), pp. 142-151. (doi: 10.1177/0146645318756249) (PMID:29714065)
Martin, C. J. (2018) Protecting interventional radiology and cardiology staff: Are current designs of lead glasses and eye dosemeters fit for purpose? Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(2), E22-E25. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aabd4c) (PMID:29637902)
Abuhaimed, A., Martin, C. J. and Sankaralingam, M. (2018) A Monte Carlo study of organ and effective doses of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans in radiotherapy. Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(1), 61. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa8f61) (PMID:28952463)
2017
Martin, C. J., Vassileva, J., Vano, E., Mahesh, M., Ebdon-Jackson, S., Ng, K., Frush, D. P., Loose, R. and Damilakis, J. (2017) Unintended and accidental medical radiation exposures in radiology: guidelines on investigation and prevention. Journal of Radiological Protection, 37(4), pp. 883-906. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa881e) (PMID:28836506)
Abuhaimed, A. and Martin, C. J. (2017) Evaluation of coefficients to derive organ and effective doses from cone-beam CT (CBCT) scans: a Monte Carlo study. Journal of Radiological Protection, 38, pp. 189-206. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa9b9f) (PMID:29154259)
Cantone, M. C., Ginjaume, M., Miljanic, S., Martin, C. J., Akahane, K., Mpete, L., Michelin, S. C., Flannery, C. M., Dauer, L. T. and Balter, S. (2017) Report of IRPA task group on the impact of the eye lens dose limits. Journal of Radiological Protection, 37(2), pp. 527-550. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa604b)
Martin, C. J. and Vano, E. (2017) Diagnostic reference levels and optimization in radiology: where do we go from here? Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(1), E1. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa9cfd) (PMID:29176072)
2016
Martin, C.J. and Sookpeng, S. (2016) Setting up computed tomography automatic tube current modulation systems. Journal of Radiological Protection, 36(3), R74-R95. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/36/3/R74) (PMID:27485613)
Harrison, J.D., Balonov, M., Martin, C.J., Ortiz Lopez, P., Menzel, H.-G., Simmonds, J.R., Smith-Bindman, R. and Wakeford, R. (2016) Use of effective dose. Annals of the ICRP, 45(Sup 1), pp. 215-224. (doi: 10.1177/0146645316634566) (PMID:26980800)
Sookpeng, S., Martin, C.J. and Gentle, D.J. (2016) Influence of CT automatic tube current modulation on uncertainty in effective dose. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 168(1), pp. 46-54. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncu374) (PMID:25628455)
2014
Magee, J. S., Martin, C. J., Sandblom, V., Carter, M. J., Almén, A., Cederblad, Å., Jonasson, P. and Lundh, C. (2014) Derivation and application of dose reduction factors for protective eyewear worn in interventional radiology and cardiology. Journal of Radiological Protection, 34(4), pp. 811-823. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/4/811) (PMID:25332300)
Abuhaimed, A., Martin, C. J., Sankaralingam, M., Gentle, D. J. and McJury, M. (2014) An assessment of the efficiency of methods for measurement of the computed tomography dose index (CTDI) for cone beam (CBCT) dosimetry by Monte Carlo simulation. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 59(21), pp. 6307-6326. (doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/21/6307) (PMID:25295615)
Sookpeng, S., Martin, C. J., Gentle, D. J. and Lopez Gonzalez, M. R. (2014) Relationships between patient size, dose and image noise under automatic tube current modulation systems. Journal of Radiological Protection, 34(1), pp. 103-123. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/1/103)
2013
Martin, C.J. and Magee, J.S. (2013) Assessment of eye and body dose for interventional radiologists, cardiologists, and other interventional staff. Journal of Radiological Protection, 33(2), pp. 445-460. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/445)
Martin, C.M. and Huda, W. (2013) Intercomparison of patient CTDI surveys in three countries. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 153(4), pp. 431-440. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncs123)
2011
Martin, C.J. (2011) A 20 mSv dose limit for the eye: sense or no sense? Journal of Radiological Protection, 31(4), pp. 385-388. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/4/E03)
Martin, C.J., Gentles, D.J., Sookpeng, S. and Loveland, J. (2011) Application of Gafchromic film in the study of dosimetry methods in CT phantoms. Journal of Radiological Protection, 31(4), pp. 389-409. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/4/001)
Articles
Martin, C. J., Kourtesniemi, M. K., Sutton, D. G., Applegate, K. and Vassileva, J. (2024) A strategy for achieving optimisation of radiological protection in digital radiology proposed by ICRP. Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(4), 041511. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad60d1) (PMID:39555658)
Abuhaimed, A., Mujammami, H., AlEnazi, K., Abanomy, A., Alashban, Y. and Martin, C. J. (2024) Estimation of organ and effective doses of CBCT scans of radiotherapy using size-specific field of view (FOV): a Monte Carlo study. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 47(3), pp. 895-906. (doi: 10.1007/s13246-024-01413-0) (PMID:38536632)
Martin, C. J., Barnard, M. and de Vocht, F. (2024) Authors’ response to ‘Estimates of cardiovascular disease risk from CT scans may be premature’ (Harbron, 2024). Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(2), 024502. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad4b28) (PMID:38770739)
Martin, C. J., Barnard, M. and de Vocht, F. (2024) Evaluation of risks of cardiovascular disease from radiation exposure linked to computed tomography scans in the UK. Journal of Radiological Protection, 44(1), 011513. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ad2ebd) (PMID:38422514)
Sookpeng, S. and Martin, C. J. (2023) Impact of iodinated contrast media concentration on image quality for dual-energy CT and single-energy CT with low tube voltage settings. Acta Radiologica, 64(3), pp. 1047-1055. (doi: 10.1177/02841851221107625) (PMID:35912446)
Martin, C. J., Gros, S., Kron, T., Wood, T. J., Vassileva, J., Small, W. and Min, U. N. (2023) Factors affecting implementation of radiological protection aspects of imaging in radiotherapy. Applied Sciences, 13(3), 1533. (doi: 10.3390/app13031533)
Martin, C. J. and Abuhaimed, A. (2022) Variations in size specific effective dose with patient stature and beam width for kV cone beam CT imaging in radiotherapy. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(3), 031512. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac85fa) (PMID:35917802)
Smeulders, J., da Silva, E. H., Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., De Mey, J., Martin, C. J. and Buls, N. (2022) Correlation between routine personal dosimetry reading and the dose to the brain of interventional staff. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac060) (PMID:35482286)
Sookpeng, S. and Martin, C. J. (2022) A phantom evaluation of the use of ct automatic tube current modulation with low tube potentials for iodinated contrast studies. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 198(3), pp. 188-195. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac023) (PMID:35224645)
Martin, C. J. and Barnard, M. (2021) Potential risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and cancer due to cumulative doses received from diagnostic CT scans? Journal of Radiological Protection, 41(4), pp. 1243-1257. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac270f) (PMID:34525460)
Martin, C.J. et al. (2021) An international survey of imaging practices in radiotherapy. Physica Medica, 90, pp. 53-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.09.004) (PMID:34562809)
Martin, C.J. (2020) Effective dose in medicine. Annals of the ICRP, 49(1_supp), pp. 126-140. (doi: 10.1177/0146645320927849) (PMID:33147998) (PMCID:PMC7750662)
Miller, D.L., Martin, C.J. and Rehani, M.M. (2018) The mandate and work of ICRP Committee 3 on radiological protection in medicine. Annals of the ICRP, 47(3-4), pp. 142-151. (doi: 10.1177/0146645318756249) (PMID:29714065)
Martin, C. J. (2018) Protecting interventional radiology and cardiology staff: Are current designs of lead glasses and eye dosemeters fit for purpose? Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(2), E22-E25. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aabd4c) (PMID:29637902)
Abuhaimed, A., Martin, C. J. and Sankaralingam, M. (2018) A Monte Carlo study of organ and effective doses of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans in radiotherapy. Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(1), 61. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa8f61) (PMID:28952463)
Martin, C. J., Vassileva, J., Vano, E., Mahesh, M., Ebdon-Jackson, S., Ng, K., Frush, D. P., Loose, R. and Damilakis, J. (2017) Unintended and accidental medical radiation exposures in radiology: guidelines on investigation and prevention. Journal of Radiological Protection, 37(4), pp. 883-906. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa881e) (PMID:28836506)
Abuhaimed, A. and Martin, C. J. (2017) Evaluation of coefficients to derive organ and effective doses from cone-beam CT (CBCT) scans: a Monte Carlo study. Journal of Radiological Protection, 38, pp. 189-206. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa9b9f) (PMID:29154259)
Cantone, M. C., Ginjaume, M., Miljanic, S., Martin, C. J., Akahane, K., Mpete, L., Michelin, S. C., Flannery, C. M., Dauer, L. T. and Balter, S. (2017) Report of IRPA task group on the impact of the eye lens dose limits. Journal of Radiological Protection, 37(2), pp. 527-550. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa604b)
Martin, C. J. and Vano, E. (2017) Diagnostic reference levels and optimization in radiology: where do we go from here? Journal of Radiological Protection, 38(1), E1. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/aa9cfd) (PMID:29176072)
Martin, C.J. and Sookpeng, S. (2016) Setting up computed tomography automatic tube current modulation systems. Journal of Radiological Protection, 36(3), R74-R95. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/36/3/R74) (PMID:27485613)
Harrison, J.D., Balonov, M., Martin, C.J., Ortiz Lopez, P., Menzel, H.-G., Simmonds, J.R., Smith-Bindman, R. and Wakeford, R. (2016) Use of effective dose. Annals of the ICRP, 45(Sup 1), pp. 215-224. (doi: 10.1177/0146645316634566) (PMID:26980800)
Sookpeng, S., Martin, C.J. and Gentle, D.J. (2016) Influence of CT automatic tube current modulation on uncertainty in effective dose. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 168(1), pp. 46-54. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncu374) (PMID:25628455)
Magee, J. S., Martin, C. J., Sandblom, V., Carter, M. J., Almén, A., Cederblad, Å., Jonasson, P. and Lundh, C. (2014) Derivation and application of dose reduction factors for protective eyewear worn in interventional radiology and cardiology. Journal of Radiological Protection, 34(4), pp. 811-823. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/4/811) (PMID:25332300)
Abuhaimed, A., Martin, C. J., Sankaralingam, M., Gentle, D. J. and McJury, M. (2014) An assessment of the efficiency of methods for measurement of the computed tomography dose index (CTDI) for cone beam (CBCT) dosimetry by Monte Carlo simulation. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 59(21), pp. 6307-6326. (doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/21/6307) (PMID:25295615)
Sookpeng, S., Martin, C. J., Gentle, D. J. and Lopez Gonzalez, M. R. (2014) Relationships between patient size, dose and image noise under automatic tube current modulation systems. Journal of Radiological Protection, 34(1), pp. 103-123. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/1/103)
Martin, C.J. and Magee, J.S. (2013) Assessment of eye and body dose for interventional radiologists, cardiologists, and other interventional staff. Journal of Radiological Protection, 33(2), pp. 445-460. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/445)
Martin, C.M. and Huda, W. (2013) Intercomparison of patient CTDI surveys in three countries. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 153(4), pp. 431-440. (doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncs123)
Martin, C.J. (2011) A 20 mSv dose limit for the eye: sense or no sense? Journal of Radiological Protection, 31(4), pp. 385-388. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/4/E03)
Martin, C.J., Gentles, D.J., Sookpeng, S. and Loveland, J. (2011) Application of Gafchromic film in the study of dosimetry methods in CT phantoms. Journal of Radiological Protection, 31(4), pp. 389-409. (doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/4/001)