Mathematical modeling of a survey-meter used to measure radioactivity in human thyroids: Monte Carlo calculations of the device response and uncertainties

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 743-751

  Khrutchinsky, Arkady ^a   Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^b   Kutsen, Semion ^a   Minenko, Victor ^c   Khrouch, Valeri ^d   Luckyanov, Nickolas ^b   Voillequé, Paul ^e   Bouville, André ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BELARUSIAN MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Belarus)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e MJP Risk Assessment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Measurement; Monte Carlo; Survey meter; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; BELARUS; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEVICE CALIBRATION; DEVICE RESPONSE; DOSE ESTIMATES; EXPOSURE RATE; HUMAN THYROID; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO MODELING; POSITIONING ERROR; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REALISTIC SCENARIO; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; SURVEY METER; SURVEY METERS; THYROID; THYROID GLANDS;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SURVEYS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IODINE 131; IODINE 132; IODINE 133; IODINE 135; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION FACTOR; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SCALE COEFFICIENT; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84857140470     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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