LUDEP: A Lung Dose Evaluation Program

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6175995

Birchall, A; Bailey, M R ^[1]; James, A C ^[2]

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1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (UK)
2. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

A Task Group of the ICRP is currently reviewing its dosimetric model for the respiratory tract with the aim of producing a more comprehensive and realistic model which can be used both for dosimetry and bioassay purposes. This in turn requires deposition, clearance, and dosimetry to be treated in a more detailed manner in than in the current model. In order to examine the practical application and radiological implications of the proposed model, a microcomputer program has been developed in a modular form so that changes can be easily included as the model develops. LUDEP (Lung Dose Evaluation Program) is a user-friendly menu-driven program which can be operated on any IBM-compatible PC. It enables the user to calculate (a) doses to each region of the respiratory tract and all other body organs, and (b) excretion rates and retention curves for bioassay purposes. 11 refs., 4 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: CEC; DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6175995
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-18562; CONF-900733-3; ON: DE91004071; CNN: BI6-0347-Item 2; TRN: 91-000618
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international workshop on respiratory tract dosimetry, Albuquerque, NM (USA), 1-3 Jul 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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