| Authors | Keyhandokht Karimi Shahri,Laleh Rafat-Motavalli,Hashem Miri-Hakimabad |
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| Journal | Radioprotection |
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| Page number | 271-284 |
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| Serial number | 47 |
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| Volume number | 2 |
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| IF | 0.54 |
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| Paper Type | Full Paper |
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| Published At | 2012 |
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| Journal Grade | ISI |
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| Journal Type | Typographic |
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| Journal Country | Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
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| Journal Index | JCR،Scopus |
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Abstract
Calculations are presented of the effective doses per unit neutron fluence according
to the ICRP publications 60 and 103. Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNPX) code was
used for six geometrical conditions of irradiation (Anterior-Posterior,
Posterior-Anterior, Left-Lateral, Right-Lateral, Rotation and Isotropic) on Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) modified mathematical adult phantoms for
monoenergetic neutrons from 10-9MeVto20MeV.Theconversioncoefficients were
compared with the results of an analytical phantom (Medical Internal Radiation
Dose (MIRD-5)) and some voxel model (ICRP/ICRU Reference Voxel Phantom
(ICRP/ICRU RVP), HANAKO, TARO and Visible Human Project (VIPMAN)).
From these comparisons, one can conclude that large discrepancies between data
sets appear when wR and different sizes of the phantoms have been used for
calculations. Furthermore, the differences in applied Monte Carlo codes or
simulated body models could make some discrepancies less than 15%.
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