Development and validation of a voxel-based computational phantom of Halobatrachus didactylus (Toadfish) to study radiation protection of the marine environment
Hafssa Bendriss , Jaafar EL Bakkali , EL Mahjoub Chakir , Abderrahim Doudouh , Soufiyane Yachou
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Abstract
This paper describes the creation of a voxel-based dosimetric model of a toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) from available CT images in which 29 organs are identified and segmented using 3D Slicer software. To validate the present dosimetric model Specific Absorbed Fractions (SAFs) were calculated for ten vital organs as sources and all targets, for discrete energies of electrons and photons. Then, the obtained dosimetric coefficients were compared to those calculated in similar organs in a voxel-based phantom of a trout fish (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The results showed a general agreement between the comparative dosimetric data, highlighting the validity of our dosimetric model for Halobatrachus didactylus. We conclude that the current dosimetric fish model can be applied in future research to evaluate dosimetry calculations related to radiation exposure in regions surrounding the Fukushima accident site.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Environmental Radioactivity provides a coherent international forum for publication of original research or review papers on any aspect of the occurrence of radioactivity in natural systems.
Relevant subject areas range from applications of environmental radionuclides as mechanistic or timescale tracers of natural processes to assessments of the radioecological or radiological effects of ambient radioactivity. Papers deal with naturally occurring nuclides or with those created and released by man through nuclear weapons manufacture and testing, energy production, fuel-cycle technology, etc. Reports on radioactivity in the oceans, sediments, rivers, lakes, groundwaters, soils, atmosphere and all divisions of the biosphere are welcomed, but these should not simply be of a monitoring nature unless the data are particularly innovative.