Design and testing of a new stand for the BOMAB family of phantoms.
A new stand has been designed to support the Bottle Manikin Absorber Phantoms when the phantoms are counted in the vertical position in a whole-body counter. The stand previously used by the Human Monitoring Laboratory was constructed from metal and was heavy to transport and making height adjustments to accommodate different phantom sizes was very time consuming. The new stand is constructed from lightweight plastic materials and allows easy height adjustments to accommodate different phantom sizes while supporting the weight of the phantoms. The stand was evaluated inside a whole-body counter at a nuclear-generating station and met all operational requirements for accessibility and ease of use.
National Internal Radiation Assessment Section, Health Canada, 775 Brookfield Road, PL6302D Ottawa, ON, Canada. barry.hauck@hc-sc.gc.ca
Barry M
BM
Hauck
Gary H
GH
Kramer
Kevin
K
Capello
D049628:Body Size; D002138:Calibration; D002170:Canada; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D010969:Plastics; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000032:analysis; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000295:instrumentation*
D010969:Plastics; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride