title: Performance characteristics of a commercially available whole body counting phantom measured experimentally and using Monte Carlo simulations.
abstract: The performance characteristics of a commercially available whole body counting phantom have been examined experimentally and using Monte Carlo simulations. The counting efficiency as a function of photon energy (126 keV to 2,754 keV) obtained using this phantom has been compared with those obtained using a real or virtual BOMAB phantom in a scanning detector and a FastScan whole body counter. The results suggest that the commercially available whole body counting phantom is equivalent to a BOMAB phantom under certain circumstances but that under other measurement conditions it may be necessary to develop correction factors.
authors.affiliation: Human Monitoring Laboratory, Radiation Protection Bureau, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 1C1. gary_h_kramer@hc-sc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Gary H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Hauck
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Capello
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D001822:Body Burden; D002170:Canada; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes