Specific Absorbed Fractions for Spontaneous Fission Neutron Emitters in the ICRP Reference Pediatric Voxel Phantom Series.

Autor:	Griffin KT, Eckerman KF, Manger RP; Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA., Jokisch DW, Bolch WE; J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., Hertel NE; George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Health physics [Health Phys] 2022 Oct 01; Vol. 123 (4), pp. 278-286. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 15.
DOI:	10.1097/HP.0000000000001594
Abstrakt:	Abstract: Specific absorbed fractions (SAFs) are key components in the workflow of internal exposure assessment following the intake of a radionuclide, allowing quick conversion of particle energy released in a source region to the expected absorbed dose in target regions throughout the body. For data completeness, SAFs for spontaneous fission neutron emitters are currently needed for the recently adopted ICRP reference pediatric voxel phantom series. With 77 source regions within each reference individual and 28 radionuclides decaying via spontaneous fission, full Monte Carlo simulation requires significant computation time. In order to reduce this burden, a novel method for neutron SAF estimation was undertaken. The Monte Carlo N-Particle version 6.1 (MCNP6) simulation package was chosen to simulate the 252 Cf Watt fission neutron spectrum originating from 15 source regions in each phantom; dose estimation within 41 target tissues allowed for assessment of the SAF value for each source-target pair. For the remaining source regions, chord length distributions were computed using MATLAB code to determine the separation between the source-target pairs within the pediatric phantom series. These distance distributions were used in conjunction with a 252 Cf neutron dose point kernel calculated in soft tissue, which was modified to account for the source region's depth from the surface of the body. Lastly, the 252 Cf SAF dataset was extended to the other 27 spontaneous fission neutron emitters based on differences in the Watt fission spectrum parameters of each radionuclide. This methodology has been shown to accurately estimate spontaneous fission neutron SAFs to within 20% of the Monte Carlo estimated value for most source-target pairs in the ICRP reference pediatric series. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Health Physics Society.)
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