A method for adding nuclides to VARSKIN and QUINCE skin dose calculation software

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Radiation Protection Management; (United States)

OSTI ID:5513512

Williams, M C ^[1]

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1. Union Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US)

The VARSKIN and QUINCE computer programs for calculating absorbed dose from skin contamination both use a data file that is limited primarily to isotopes of concern in nuclear medicine and research applications. To overcome this limitation, a method has been developed for adding other radionuclides to the data file, based on correlations with the isotopes in the original file. This article covers the method in detail and describes how the QUINCE program and its expanded data file were validated against published data. Tables of essential parameters for 47 file, which contains 122 radionuclides.

• OSTI ID: 5513512
• Journal Information: Radiation Protection Management; (United States), Journal Name: Radiation Protection Management; (United States) Vol. 4:6; ISSN 0740-0640; ISSN RPMAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560101* -- Biomedical Sciences
Applied Studies-- Radiation Effects-- Dosimetry & Monitoring-- (1992-)
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
BODY
CALCULATION METHODS
COMPUTER CODES
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
MONITORING
ORGANS
PERSONNEL
Q CODES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
SKIN
V CODES