Comparison of effective doses from various monoenergetic particles based on the stylised and the VIP-Man tomographic models
RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY, vol.115, no.1-4, pp.530-535, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 115 Issue: 1-4
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.1093/rpd/nci116
- Journal Name: RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.530-535
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: No
Abstract
This study compares the effective doses from a MIRD-type stylised model with those derived from the scaled-down version of the tomographic VIP-Man model for photon, electron, neutron and proton beams. The effective dose results from these two models show that they differ from each other within similar to 10% for common high-energy photon beams, within similar to 16% for neutrons, and within similar to 4% for high-energy proton beams. However, for low-energy protons and common electron beams, the effective doses can be different in > 100%. It is concluded that the use of a single tomographic models will not improve the operational radiation protection dosimetry involving external beam exposures.