PMID- 10214706
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990521
LR  - 20190915
IS  - 0969-8043 (Print)
IS  - 0969-8043 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 5
DP  - 1999 May
TI  - Estimation of organ dose equivalents from residents of radiation-contaminated 
      buildings with Rando phantom measurements.
PG  - 867-73
AB  - Since August 1996, a dose reconstruction model has been conducted with 
      thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)-embedded chains, belts and badges for external 
      dose measurements on the residents in radiation-contaminated buildings. The TLD 
      dosimeters, worn on the front of the torso, would not be adequate for dose 
      measurement in cases when the radiation is anisotropic or the incident angles of 
      radiation sources are not directed in the front-to-back direction. The shielding 
      and attenuation by the body would result in the dose equivalent estimation being 
      somewhat skewed. An organ dose estimation method with a Rando phantom under 
      various exposure geometries is proposed. The conversion factors, obtained from 
      the phantom study, may be applicable to organ dose estimations for residents in 
      the contaminated buildings if the incident angles correspond to the phantom 
      simulation results. There is a great demand for developing a mathematical model 
      or Monte Carlo calculation to deal with complicated indoor layout geometry 
      problems involving ionizing radiation. Further research should be directed toward 
      conducting laboratory simulation by investigating the relationship between doses 
      delivered from multiple radiation sources. It is also necessary to collaborate 
      with experimental biological dosimetry, such as chromosome aberration analysis, 
      fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and retrospective ESR-dosimetry with 
      teeth, applied to the residents, so that the organ dose equivalent estimations 
      may be more reliable for radio-epidemiological studies.
FAU - Lee, J S
AU  - Lee JS
AD  - Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, 
      Taiwan. jslee@ym.edu.tw
FAU - Dong, S L
AU  - Dong SL
FAU - Wu, T H
AU  - Wu TH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Appl Radiat Isot
JT  - Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for 
      use in agriculture, industry and medicine
JID - 9306253
RN  - 0 (Radioactive Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Construction Materials
MH  - Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
MH  - *Housing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Organ Specificity
MH  - *Phantoms, Imaging
MH  - Radiation Dosage
MH  - Radiation Monitoring/methods
MH  - Radioactive Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Radiometry/*methods
EDAT- 1999/04/24 00:00
MHDA- 1999/04/24 00:01
CRDT- 1999/04/24 00:00
PHST- 1999/04/24 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/04/24 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/04/24 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0969804398001468 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0969-8043(98)00146-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Radiat Isot. 1999 May;50(5):867-73. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(98)00146-8.