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A methodology to develop computational phantoms with adjustable posture for WBC calibration. / Fonseca, Telma; Bogaerts, R.; Hunt, J.; Vanhavere, Filip; Lebacq, Anne Laure (Peer reviewer).
In: Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 59, 11.2014, p. 6811-6825.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - A methodology to develop computational phantoms with adjustable posture for WBC calibration
AU - Fonseca, Telma
AU - Bogaerts, R.
AU - Hunt, J.
AU - Vanhavere, Filip
A2 - Lebacq, Anne Laure
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - A Whole Body Counter (WBC) is a facility to routinely assess the internal contamination of exposed workers, especially in the case of radiation release accidents. In this study we introduce a methodology developed for the creation of realistic computational voxel phantoms with adjustable posture for WBC calibration. The methodology makes use of different software packages to enable the creation and modification of computational voxel phantoms. This paper summarizes the development of a library of phantoms of the human body that uses two basic phantoms called MaMP and FeMP (Male and Female Mesh Phantoms) to create a set of male and female phantoms that vary both in height and in weight. Two sets of MaMP and FeMP phantoms were developed and used for efficiency calibration of two different WBC set-ups: the Doel NPP WBC laboratory and AGM laboratory of SCK•CEN.
AB - A Whole Body Counter (WBC) is a facility to routinely assess the internal contamination of exposed workers, especially in the case of radiation release accidents. In this study we introduce a methodology developed for the creation of realistic computational voxel phantoms with adjustable posture for WBC calibration. The methodology makes use of different software packages to enable the creation and modification of computational voxel phantoms. This paper summarizes the development of a library of phantoms of the human body that uses two basic phantoms called MaMP and FeMP (Male and Female Mesh Phantoms) to create a set of male and female phantoms that vary both in height and in weight. Two sets of MaMP and FeMP phantoms were developed and used for efficiency calibration of two different WBC set-ups: the Doel NPP WBC laboratory and AGM laboratory of SCK•CEN.
KW - MaMP adn FeMp
KW - mesh geometry surface
KW - computational phantoms
KW - whole body counter (WBC)
KW - Monte Carlo
KW - calibration
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_139090
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/12472
U2 - 10.1088/0031-9155/59/22/6811
DO - 10.1088/0031-9155/59/22/6811
M3 - Article
VL - 59
SP - 6811
EP - 6825
JO - Physics in Medicine and Biology
JF - Physics in Medicine and Biology
SN - 0031-9155
ER -
ID: 305448