KDEP: A resource for calculating particle deposition in the respiratory tract

Journal Article · 01 August 2017 · Health Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000679 · OSTI ID:1372797

Klumpp, John A. ^[1]; Bertelli, Luiz ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

This study presents KDEP, an open-source implementation of the ICRP lung deposition model developed by the authors. KDEP, which is freely available to the public, can be used to calculate lung deposition values under a variety of different conditions using the ICRP methodology. The paper describes how KDEP implements this model and discusses some key points of the implementation. The published lung deposition values for intakes by workers were reproduced, and new deposition values were calculated for intakes by members of the public. KDEP can be obtained for free at github.com or by emailing the authors directly.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1372797
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-16-29034
• Journal Information: Health Physics, Vol. 113, Issue 2; ISSN 0017-9078
• Publisher: Health Physics SocietyCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English