The Livermore Phantom History and Supplementation
Abstract
In vivo monitoring facilities determine the absence or presence of internally entrained radionuclides. To be of greatest utility, the detection systems must detect and quantify the nuclides of interest at levels of interest. Phantoms have been developed to improve measurements at in vivo monitoring facilities. Since the 1970s, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL, or simply "Livermore") phantom continues to be a well-used tool at lung monitoring facilities, especially for the detection of low-energy emissions from transuranics. The history of its development from need, through design development and current availability, is summarized. The authors have taken the LLNL phantom one step further by scanning the phantom surface and announce the availability of the scan files on the internet.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 978955
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-66232
Journal ID: ISSN 0017-9078; HLTPAO; HU1003000; TRN: US201010%%301
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Health Physics, 98(3):459-465
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0017-9078
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; AVAILABILITY; DESIGN; DETECTION; IN VIVO; INTERNET; ISOTOPES; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; LUNGS; MONITORING; PHANTOMS; RADIOISOTOPES; internal dosimetry; human lungs; phantom; radiation detector
Citation Formats
Snyder, Sandra F, and Traub, Richard J. The Livermore Phantom History and Supplementation. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.1097/HP.0b013e3181c03cc4.
Snyder, Sandra F, & Traub, Richard J. The Livermore Phantom History and Supplementation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0b013e3181c03cc4
Snyder, Sandra F, and Traub, Richard J. 2010.
"The Livermore Phantom History and Supplementation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0b013e3181c03cc4.
@article{osti_978955,
title = {The Livermore Phantom History and Supplementation},
author = {Snyder, Sandra F and Traub, Richard J},
abstractNote = {In vivo monitoring facilities determine the absence or presence of internally entrained radionuclides. To be of greatest utility, the detection systems must detect and quantify the nuclides of interest at levels of interest. Phantoms have been developed to improve measurements at in vivo monitoring facilities. Since the 1970s, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL, or simply "Livermore") phantom continues to be a well-used tool at lung monitoring facilities, especially for the detection of low-energy emissions from transuranics. The history of its development from need, through design development and current availability, is summarized. The authors have taken the LLNL phantom one step further by scanning the phantom surface and announce the availability of the scan files on the internet.},
doi = {10.1097/HP.0b013e3181c03cc4},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/978955},
journal = {Health Physics, 98(3):459-465},
issn = {0017-9078},
number = 3,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010}
}