MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.

Some concepts in nuclear radiation physics are abstract and intellectually demanding. In the present paper, an "MCHP platform" (MCHP was an acronym for Monte Carlo simulations + Human Phantoms) was proposed to provide assistance to the students through visualization. The platform involved...

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Autores principales:	Mehrdad Shahmohammadi Beni, Hiroshi Watabe, Dragana Krstic, Dragoslav Nikezic, Kwan Ngok Yu
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:260d8735e2864a7ead6ffd1813f6bf0c2021-12-02T20:14:31ZMCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257638https://doaj.org/article/260d8735e2864a7ead6ffd1813f6bf0c2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257638https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Some concepts in nuclear radiation physics are abstract and intellectually demanding. In the present paper, an "MCHP platform" (MCHP was an acronym for Monte Carlo simulations + Human Phantoms) was proposed to provide assistance to the students through visualization. The platform involved Monte Carlo simulations of interactions between ionizing radiations and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) adult male human phantom. As an example to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed MCHP platform, the present paper investigated the variation of the absorbed photon dose per photon from a 137Cs source in three selected organs, namely, brain, spine and thyroid of an adult male for concrete and lead shields with varying thicknesses. The results were interesting but not readily comprehensible without direct visualization. Graphical visualization snapshots as well as video clips of real time interactions between the photons and the human phantom were presented for the involved cases, and the results were explained with the help of such snapshots and video clips. It is envisaged that, if the platform is found useful and effective by the readers, the readers can also propose examples to be gradually added onto this platform in future, with the ultimate goal of enhancing students' understanding and learning the concepts in an undergraduate nuclear radiation physics course or a related course.Mehrdad Shahmohammadi BeniHiroshi WatabeDragana KrsticDragoslav NikezicKwan Ngok YuPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257638 (2021)
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description	Some concepts in nuclear radiation physics are abstract and intellectually demanding. In the present paper, an "MCHP platform" (MCHP was an acronym for Monte Carlo simulations + Human Phantoms) was proposed to provide assistance to the students through visualization. The platform involved Monte Carlo simulations of interactions between ionizing radiations and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) adult male human phantom. As an example to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed MCHP platform, the present paper investigated the variation of the absorbed photon dose per photon from a 137Cs source in three selected organs, namely, brain, spine and thyroid of an adult male for concrete and lead shields with varying thicknesses. The results were interesting but not readily comprehensible without direct visualization. Graphical visualization snapshots as well as video clips of real time interactions between the photons and the human phantom were presented for the involved cases, and the results were explained with the help of such snapshots and video clips. It is envisaged that, if the platform is found useful and effective by the readers, the readers can also propose examples to be gradually added onto this platform in future, with the ultimate goal of enhancing students' understanding and learning the concepts in an undergraduate nuclear radiation physics course or a related course.
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title	MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
title_short	MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
title_full	MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
title_fullStr	MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
title_full_unstemmed	MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
title_sort	mchp (monte carlo + human phantom): platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/260d8735e2864a7ead6ffd1813f6bf0c
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MCHP (Monte Carlo + Human Phantom): Platform to facilitate teaching nuclear radiation physics.

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