ATOM-MIRD Hybrid Voxel Model for Monte Carlo Calculations of Organ Doses: a Complement to Physical Phantom

Abstract

In this study, a hybrid voxel model is constructed by combining the voxel model of the ATOM adult male phantom and the organ models of the MIRD5 mathematical phantom. The organ models of the mathematical phantom were successfully transferred to the hybrid model with the sizes of the organs preserved within 3% of difference. Consequently, a total of 14 main radiosensitive organs were defined in the hybrid model. The developed model was implemented in a Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code, MCNPX, and used to calculate organ doses, which were then compared with the TLD measured values.