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1434298 
Journal Article 
A new graphical user interface for fast construction of computation phantoms and MCNP calculations: Application to calibration of in vivo measurement systems 
Borisov, N; Franck, D; de Carlan, L; Laval, L 
2002 
Yes 
Health Physics
ISSN: 0017-9078
EISSN: 1538-5159 
83 
2 
272-279 
12132715 
WOS:000176886200012 
The paper reports on a new utility for development of
computational phantoms for Monte Carlo calculations and data analysis for in vivo measurements of
radionuclides deposited in tissues. The individual properties of each worker can be acquired for
a rather precise geometric representation of his (her) anatomy, which is particularly important
for low energy gamma ray emitting sources such as thorium, uranium, plutonium and other
actinides. The software discussed here enables automatic creation of an MCNP input data file
based on scanning data. The utility includes segmentation of images obtained with either computed
tomography or magnetic resonance imaging by distinguishing tissues according to their signal
(brightness) and specification of the source and detector. In addition, a coupling of individual
voxels within the tissue is used to reduce the memory demand and to increase the calculational
speed. The utility was tested for low energy emitters in plastic and biological tissues as well
as for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scanning information. 
whole body counting; Monte Carlo; phantom; computer calculations 
IRIS
• Uranium
     WOS
     Merged reference set
     Secondary Refinement
          Excluded