title: Comparison of effective doses from various monoenergetic particles based on the stylised and the VIP-Man tomographic models.
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 approximately 10% for common high-energy photon beams, within approximately 16% for neutrons, and within approximately 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. xug2@rpi.edu
authors.forename: X George
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012984:Software; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods; D053443:Visible Human Projects; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*