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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2005 116(1-4):631-635; doi:10.1093/rpd/nci063
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Dosimetric comparison of Monte Carlo codes (EGS4, MCNP, MCNPX) considering external and internal exposures of the Zubal phantom to electron and photon sources

S. Chiavassa1,3,*, A. Lemosquet1, I. Aubineau-Lanièce1, L. de Carlan1, I. Clairand1, L. Ferrer4, M. Bardiès3, D. Franck1 and M. Zankl2

1 Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety—(IRSN), Radiological Protection and Human Health Division, Dosimetry Departments IRSN/DRPH, B.P. 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
2 GSF—National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Radiation Protection, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
3 National Institute of Health and Medical Research—INSERM, U601, 9 Quai Moncousu 44035 Nantes Cedex, France
4 Regional Cancer Centre—CRLCC Nantes-Atlantique, Nantes-Saint Herblain, 44805, France

* Corresponding author: Sophie.Chiavassa{at}nantes.inserm.fr

This paper aims at comparing dosimetric assessments performed with three Monte Carlo codes: EGS4, MCNP4c2 and MCNPX2.5e, using a realistic voxel phantom, namely the Zubal phantom, in two configurations of exposure. The first one deals with an external irradiation corresponding to the example of a radiological accident. The results are obtained using the EGS4 and the MCNP4c2 codes and expressed in terms of the mean absorbed dose (in Gy per source particle) for brain, lungs, liver and spleen. The second one deals with an internal exposure corresponding to the treatment of a medullary thyroid cancer by 131I-labelled radiopharmaceutical. The results are obtained by EGS4 and MCNPX2.5e and compared in terms of S-values (expressed in mGy per kBq and per hour) for liver, kidney, whole body and thyroid. The results of these two studies are presented and differences between the codes are analysed and discussed.


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