Comparison of monoenergetic photon organ dose rate coefficients for stylized and voxel phantoms submerged in air
Abstract
As part of a broader effort to calculate effective dose rate coefficients for external exposure to photons and electrons emitted by radionuclides distributed in air, soil or water, age-specific stylized phantoms have been employed to determine dose coefficients relating dose rate to organs and tissues in the body. In this article, dose rate coefficients computed using the International Commission on Radiological Protection reference adult male voxel phantom are compared with values computed using the Oak Ridge National Laboratory adult male stylized phantom in an air submersion exposure geometry. Monte Carlo calculations for both phantoms were performed for monoenergetic source photons in the range of 30 keV to 5 MeV. Furthermore, these calculations largely result in differences under 10 % for photon energies above 50 keV, and it can be expected that both models show comparable results for the environmental sources of radionuclides.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Easterly Scientific, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Work for Others (WFO); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1338489
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 172; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0144-8420
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Bellamy, Michael B., Hiller, Mauritius M., Dewji, Shaheen A., Veinot, Kenneth G., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Eckerman, Keith F., Easterly, Clay E., and Hertel, Nolan E. Comparison of monoenergetic photon organ dose rate coefficients for stylized and voxel phantoms submerged in air. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncv548.
Bellamy, Michael B., Hiller, Mauritius M., Dewji, Shaheen A., Veinot, Kenneth G., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Eckerman, Keith F., Easterly, Clay E., & Hertel, Nolan E. Comparison of monoenergetic photon organ dose rate coefficients for stylized and voxel phantoms submerged in air. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncv548
Bellamy, Michael B., Hiller, Mauritius M., Dewji, Shaheen A., Veinot, Kenneth G., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Eckerman, Keith F., Easterly, Clay E., and Hertel, Nolan E. Mon .
"Comparison of monoenergetic photon organ dose rate coefficients for stylized and voxel phantoms submerged in air". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncv548. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338489.
@article{osti_1338489,
title = {Comparison of monoenergetic photon organ dose rate coefficients for stylized and voxel phantoms submerged in air},
author = {Bellamy, Michael B. and Hiller, Mauritius M. and Dewji, Shaheen A. and Veinot, Kenneth G. and Leggett, Richard Wayne and Eckerman, Keith F. and Easterly, Clay E. and Hertel, Nolan E.},
abstractNote = {As part of a broader effort to calculate effective dose rate coefficients for external exposure to photons and electrons emitted by radionuclides distributed in air, soil or water, age-specific stylized phantoms have been employed to determine dose coefficients relating dose rate to organs and tissues in the body. In this article, dose rate coefficients computed using the International Commission on Radiological Protection reference adult male voxel phantom are compared with values computed using the Oak Ridge National Laboratory adult male stylized phantom in an air submersion exposure geometry. Monte Carlo calculations for both phantoms were performed for monoenergetic source photons in the range of 30 keV to 5 MeV. Furthermore, these calculations largely result in differences under 10 % for photon energies above 50 keV, and it can be expected that both models show comparable results for the environmental sources of radionuclides.},
doi = {10.1093/rpd/ncv548},
journal = {Radiation Protection Dosimetry},
number = 4,
volume = 172,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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