An image-based skeletal model for the ICRP reference adult male - Specific absorbed fractions for neutron-generated recoil protons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6857-6872

  Jokisch, D W ^a   Rajon, D A ^b   Bahadori, A A ^c   Bolch, W E ^c  

^a FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; HUMAN SKELETON; HYDROGEN NUCLEI; IMAGE-BASED; NEUTRON DOSE; RECOIL PROTON; SKELETAL MODELS; SKELETAL TISSUES; SMALL SIZE; TRABECULAR BONES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUTRONS; TISSUE;

PROTONS;

PROTON;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 80054800161     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/21/007     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Bahadori A A, Johnson P, Jokisch D W, Eckerman K F and Bolch W E 2011 Response functions for computing absorbed dose to skeletal tissues from neutron irradiation Phys. Med. Biol. 56 6873-97
2. Beddoe A H, Darley P J and Spiers F W 1976 Measurements of trabecular bone structure in man Phys. Med. Biol. 21 589-607
3. Beddoe A H and Spiers F W 1979 A comparative study of the dosimetry of bone-seeking radionuclides in man, rhesus monkey, beagle, and miniature pig Radiat. Res. 80 423-39 (Pubitemid 10205649)
4. Darley P J 1972 Measurement of Linear Path Length Distributions in Bone and Bone Marrow Using a Scanning Technique (Leeds: University of Leeds)
5. Hough M, Johnson P, Rajon D, Jokisch D, Lee C and Bolch W E 2011 An image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the ICRP reference adult male - internal electron sources Phys. Med. Biol. 56 2309-46
6. ICRP 1995 ICRP Publication 70: basic anatomical and physiological data for use in radiological protection: the skeleton Ann. ICRP 25 1-180
7. ICRP 2009 ICRP Publication 110: adult reference computational phantoms Ann. ICRP 39
8. ICRU 1992 Photon, electron, proton, and neutron interaction data for body tissues ICRU Report 46 (Bethesda, MD: International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements)
9. ICRU 1993 Stopping powers and ranges for protons and alpha particles ICRU Report 49 (Bethesda, MD: International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements)
10. Jokisch D W, Rajon D A, Patton P W and Bolch W E 2011 Methods for inclusion of shallow marrow and adipose tissue in pathlength-based skeletal dosimetry Phys. Med. Biol. 56 2699-713
11. Kellerer A 1971 Considerations on the random traversal of convex bodies and solutions for general cylinders Radiat. Res. 47 359-76
12. Pafundi D, Lee C, Watchman C, Bourke V, Aris J, Shagina N, Harrison J, Fell T and Bolch W 2009 An image-based skeletal tissue model for the ICRP reference newborn Phys. Med. Biol. 54 4497-531
13. Pafundi D, Rajon D, Jokisch D, Lee C and Bolch W 2010 An image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the ICRP reference newborn - internal electron sources Phys. Med. Biol. 55 1785-814
14. Rajon D A and Bolch W E 2003 Marching cube algorithm: review and trilinear interpolation adaptation for image-based dosimetric models Comput. Med. Image Graph. 27 411-35 (Pubitemid 36775350)
15. Rajon D A, Jokisch D W, Patton P W, Shah A P, Watchman C J and Bolch W E 2002 Voxel effects within digital images of trabecular bone and their consequences on chord-length distribution measurements Phys. Med. Biol. 47 1741-59 (Pubitemid 34591112)
16. Shah A P, Rajon D A, Jokisch D W, Patton P W and Bolch W E 2006 Response to P.J. Darley Health Phys. 90 177-9
17. Spiers F W 1968 Dosimetry at interfaces with special reference to base Proc. Symp. on Microdosimetry (EAEC Publication) pp 473-508
18. Spiers F W and Beddoe A H 1977 'Radial' scanning of trabecular bone: consideration of the probability distributions of path lengths through cavities and trabeculae Phys. Med. Biol. 22 670-80 (Pubitemid 8147493)
19. Spiers F W, Beddoe A H and Whitwell J R 1978a Mean skeletal dose factors for beta-particle emitters in human bone: part i. Volume-seeking radionuclides Br. J. Radiol. 51 622-7 (Pubitemid 8394365)
20. Spiers F W, Beddoe A H and Whitwell J R 1981 Mean skeletal dose factors for beta-particle emitters in human bone: part ii. Surface-seeking radionuclides Br. J. Radiol. 54 500-4 (Pubitemid 11122969)
21. Spiers F W, Whitwell J R and Beddoe A H 1978b Calculated dose factors for the radiosensitive tissues in bone irradiated by surface-deposited radionuclides Phys. Med. Biol. 23 481-94 (Pubitemid 8325903)
22. Tsoulfanidis N 1983 Measurement and Detection of Radiation (New York: Hemisphere)
23. Whitwell J R 1973 Theoretical Investigations of Energy Loss by Ionizing Particles in Bone (Leeds: University of Leeds)
24. Whitwell J R and Spiers F W 1976 Calculated beta-ray dose factors for trabecular bone Phys. Med. Biol. 21 16-38