Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations of Am-241 Activities in Three Skull Phantoms: EURADOS-USTUR Collaboration
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21340%2F19%3A00332796" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21340/19:00332796 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000001080" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000001080</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000001080" target="_blank" >10.1097/HP.0000000000001080</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations of Am-241 Activities in Three Skull Phantoms: EURADOS-USTUR Collaboration
Original language description
An international intercomparison was organized by Working Group 7, Internal Dosimetry, of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group in collaboration with Working Group 6, Computational Dosimetry, for measurement and Monte Carlo simulation of Am-241 in three skull phantoms. The main objectives of this combined exercise were (1) comparison of the results of counting efficiency in fixed positions over each head phantom using different germanium detector systems, (2) calculation of the activity of Am-241 in the skulls, (3) comparison of Monte Carlo simulations with measurements (spectrum and counting efficiency), and (4) comparison of phantom performance. This initiative collected knowledge on equipment, detector arrangements, calibration procedures, and phantoms used around the world for in vivo monitoring of Am-241 in exposed persons, as well as on the Monte Carlo skills and tools of participants. Three skull phantoms (BfS, USTUR, and CSR phantoms) were transported from Europe (10 laboratories) to North America (United States and Canada). The BfS skull was fabricated with real human bone artificially labeled with Am-241. The USTUR skull phantom was made from the US Transuranium and Uranium Registries whole-body donor (case 0102) who was contaminated due to an occupational intake of Am-241; one-half of the skull corresponds to real contaminated bone, the other half is real human bone from a noncontaminated person. Finally, the CSR phantom was fabricated as a simple hemisphere of equivalent bone and tissue material. The three phantoms differ in weight, size, and shape, which made them suitable for an efficiency study. Based on their own skull calibration, the participants calculated the activity in the three European Radiation Dosimetry Group head phantoms. The Monte Carlo intercomparison was organized in parallel with the measurement exercise using the voxel representations of the three physical phantoms; there were 16 participants. Three tasks were identified with increa
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10301 - Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000778" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000778: Center for advanced applied science</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
HEALTH PHYSICS
ISSN
0017-9078
e-ISSN
1538-5159
Volume of the periodical
117
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
193-201
UT code for WoS article
000474255200010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85067569243