title: HDRK-Man: a whole-body voxel model based on high-resolution color slice images of a Korean adult male cadaver.
abstract: A Korean voxel model, named 'High-Definition Reference Korean-Man (HDRK-Man)', was constructed using high-resolution color photographic images that were obtained by serially sectioning the cadaver of a 33-year-old Korean adult male. The body height and weight, the skeletal mass and the dimensions of the individual organs and tissues were adjusted to the reference Korean data. The resulting model was then implemented into a Monte Carlo particle transport code, MCNPX, to calculate the dose conversion coefficients for the internal organs and tissues. The calculated values, overall, were reasonable in comparison with the values from other adult voxel models. HDRK-Man showed higher dose conversion coefficients than other models, due to the facts that HDRK-Man has a smaller torso and that the arms of HDRK-Man are shifted backward. The developed model is believed to adequately represent average Korean radiation workers and thus can be used for more accurate calculation of dose conversion coefficients for Korean radiation workers in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea. chkim@hanyang.ac.kr
authors.forename: Chan Hyeong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hyoun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jong Hwi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Choonsik
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D003116:Color; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012015:Reference Standards