[ RadSafe ] Report ORNL/ TM-5293

[Stabin, Michael]

>I keep getting referred to
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0031-9155/48/7/301/m30701.pdf which is a
similar document.

This is just one of a new generation of realistic, voxel-based phantoms
originating from human subject medical images. The group at University
of Florida has provided some excellent work in this area. We are working
with them, and a group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to develop a
complete set of pediatric phantoms of this type, to replace the
Cristy/Eckerman stylized phantoms, for use in the OLINDA/EXM personal
computer code (http://www.doseinfo-radar.com/RADARSoft.html#MDOL). It is
time to move away from our dependence on the stylized (also called
"MIRD-type") phantoms and to ones that more realistically model the
human anatomy. The group at the GSF in Germany have been working for a
few years to define the new reference adult male and female models,
which have been already tentatively adopted by the ICRP. Pediatric
models, and models for the pregnant female are needed to complete the
"family". Several researchers in other countries have developed some
realistic models of Korean, Japanese, and other individuals as well. I
hope to incorporate as many of these models into version 2 of OLINDA/EXM
as possible, while keeping the Cristy/Eckerman pediatric and Stabin et
al. pregnant female stylized models, to facilitate direct comparisons.
 

Mike

Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
1161 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37232-2675
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From: Scott Davidson [mailto:bsdnuke at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:10 AM
To: Stabin, Michael
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Report ORNL/ TM-5293


I keep getting referred to
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0031-9155/48/7/301/m30701.pdf which is a
similar document.