title: The EPRI EDE calculator--a software package for assessing effective dose equivalent from hot particles on the skin.
abstract: Whole body exposure from photon-emitting hot particles is receiving new attention because of changes in skin dose regulations. A recent study calculated and tabulated effective dose equivalent (EDE) and effective dose (ED) for photon energies between 0.1 MeV and 2 MeV for point sources at 74 locations on the skin. This technical note describes a software package called the EPRI EDE Calculator that allows a user to input exposure data and to calculate the EDE and ED automatically.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. xug2@rpi.edu
authors.forename: X George
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bushart
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008863:Microspheres; D008954:Models, Biological; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D012984:Software; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011868:Radioisotopes