Debugging of ORNL Series of Mathematical Phantoms of Human Body

• Authors: D. Krstic , D. Nikezic
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Series of mathematical phantoms of human body, given by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was programmed as input files for MCNP-4B code. Detailed check of geometry of these phantoms performed by MCNP-4B, discovered some minor errors, that resulted in overlapping of some organs. Three types of errors were found and described here: (a) colon overlaps with pelvis bone; (b) facial skeleton penetrate the head skin, and (c) esophagus overlaps with stomach. These errors prevent correct execution of program. Proposal for correction of these errors are given in this paper.

Keywords

EN

02.50.Ng; 07.05.Tp; 87.53.Bn

Discipline

• 02.50.Ng: Distribution theory and Monte Carlo studies
• 87.53.Bn: Dosimetry/exposure assessment
• 07.05.Tp: Computer modeling and simulation

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 279-281

Dates

published

2011-03

received

2010-03-24

(unknown)

2010-10-22

Contributors

author

D. Krstic

• Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, R. Domanovic 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

author

D. Nikezic

• Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, R. Domanovic 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.119.279