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Development of Female ATOM-MIRD Hybrid Voxel Model for Monte Carlo Dose Calculations

Sungkoo Cho, Il Hyuk Yang, Jong Hwi Jeong, Chan Hyeong Kim

Nuclear Technology / Volume 168 / Number 1 / October 2009 / Pages 209-212

Phantoms / Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (Part 1) / Radiation Protection / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9127

A hybrid-type female computational model was constructed by combining the tomographic voxel model of the ATOM adult female physical phantom with the mathematical organ models of the MIRD5 stylized phantom. The constructed model has 13 internal organs: 5 organs from the ATOM phantom and the other 8 organs from the MIRD5 phantom. The model was employed in Monte Carlo dose calculations with MCNPX to calculate organ doses, and the calculated values were compared with the values of Regina for reference external irradiation conditions.