title: Alpha particles at energies of 10 MeV to 1 TeV: conversion coefficients for fluence-to-absorbed dose, effective dose, and gray equivalent, calculated using Monte Carlo radiation transport code MCNPX 2.7.A.
abstract: Conversion coefficients have been calculated for fluence to absorbed dose, fluence to effective dose and fluence to gray equivalent, for isotropic exposure to alpha particles in the energy range of 10 MeV to 1 TeV (0.01-1000 GeV). The coefficients were calculated using Monte Carlo transport code MCNPX 2.7.A and BodyBuilder 1.3 anthropomorphic phantoms modified to allow calculation of effective dose to a Reference Person using tissues and tissue weighting factors from 1990 and 2007 recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and gray equivalent to selected tissues as recommended by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Coefficients for effective dose are within 30 % of those calculated using ICRP 1990 recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, FAA 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169, USA. kyle.copeland@faa.gov
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Wallace
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Friedberg
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001822:Body Burden; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D014915:Whole-Body Counting