Air crew dosimetry with a new version of EPCARD.
EPCARD.Net as completely new code is based on the same approved physical algorithm as EPCARD version 3.34. As a major feature, many significant changes were made in the information technology area. There are only a few physical improvements adopted in the parameters database of the new EPCARD.Net. These are mainly 'dynamic' fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients and the most recent model of the world grid cut-off rigidity. Differences between EPCARD.Net and EPCARD version 3.34 are discussed in terms of effective dose. These differences turned out to be less than approximately 8 %.
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Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Radiation Protection, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85758 Neuherberg, Germany. mares@helmholtz-muenchen.de
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Leuthold
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Rühm
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D000401:Aircraft; D000465:Algorithms; D000531:Altitude; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software