title: Japanese adult male voxel phantom constructed on the basis of CT images.
abstract: A Japanese adult male voxel (volume pixel) phantom (hereinafter referred to as the JM phantom) was constructed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male volunteer. Body characteristics of the JM phantom were compared with those of a voxelised MIRD5 type phantom and a Japanese adult male voxel phantom which was previously developed. The voxel size of the JM phantom is 0.98 x 0.98 x 1 mm(3). The shapes of the organs of the JM phantom, even for small or complicated organs, such as thyroid and stomach, are more realistically reproduced as compared with the previous Japanese voxel phantom (voxel size: 0.98 x 0.98 x 10 mm(3)). Photon self-absorbed fractions (self-AFs) for brain, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, thyroid and urinary bladder wall of JM were evaluated and were compared with those of the other phantoms. In consequence, it was suggested that the mass, shape and thickness of organs are important factors for the determination of self-AFs.
authors.affiliation: Tokai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan. sato.kaoru@jaea.go.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001822:Body Burden; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods*