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HERO ID
1434816
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Calibration of in vivo measurement systems using a voxel phantom and the Monte Carlo technique
Author(s)
Hunt, JG; Malatova, I; Foltanova, S; Dantas, BM
Year
2000
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
ISSN:
0144-8420
EISSN:
1742-3406
Volume
89
Issue
3-4
Page Numbers
283-286
Web of Science Id
WOS:000089186400025
Abstract
A voxel phantom has been developed to simulate in vivo measurement systems for calibration purposes. The calibration method presented employs a mathematical phantom, produced in the form of volume elements (voxels), obtained through magnetic resonance images of the human body. The voxel phantom has a format of 871 'slices' each of 277 X 148 picture elements. The calibration method uses the Monte Carlo technique to simulate the tissue contamination, to transport the photons through the tissues and to simulate the detection of the radiation. The program was applied to obtain calibration factors for the in vivo measurement of Am-241 deposited on the cortical bone surface of a real contamination case, and to the simulation of in vivo measurements of Am-241 deposited on the cortical bone surface of four head phantoms and also in the lung, as measured with a germanium detector. The calculated and real activities in all cases were found to be in good agreement. The program was also applied to the measurement of natural uranium in the lung, and a real case whore-body contamination with Cs-137. The results indicate that mathematical phantoms could eventually complement physical phantoms in the calibration of in vivo measurements for radionuclides.
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