The purpose of this course is to teach internal dose concepts and to summarize current best methods and models in use in internal dose assessment. The student will be familiarized with existing internal dose techniques, but one of the main goals of this course is to show how a much simpler single system can be used to describe all existing inernal dose systems, and how an existing on-line tool can be used to access most available data. The student will study various conceptual material, receive explanations of the most useful existing documents and tools available in the various published systems, work through various numerical examples to implement the conceptual material with real life situations, and understand the operation of the on-line resource mentioned above.
Feedback on the usefulness of all material, the flow of information, the quality and completeness of information, etc. are always welcome. Our goal in this course is to bring directly to you the best possible training material in this area the continued improvement and updating of the course material is a very high prioirty.
Internal dose calculations can seem intimidating, as the material appears to involve hundreds of mystifying equations and symbols. In truth, internal dose calculations are not conceptually very difficult; the complexity can be a little daunting in some problems due to the number of contributing terms. This, however, is just a matter of adding up of parts, which computers are particularly useful for, and we will employ their help when possible. But the underlying principles of the ONE equation that needs to be learned in internal dosimetry are not very difficult, and, when understood, makes clear the equations from all of the major internal dosimetry systems published. Did I say "ONE" equation? Yes, I did under the myriad of equations and terms in all of the various published internal dose systems, there is only ONE equation to learn. In this class, we will develop this ONE equation, and show how it has been expressed and applied in all of the major published systems. We will also go over some sample calculations. If this material is understood, then internal dosimetry basically is understood, and anyone should be able to understand most problems encountered, with the handling of more complex problems being just a matter of adding details.
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