Fetal and maternal atomic bomb survivor dosimetry using the J45 pregnant female phantom series; Considerations of the kneeling and lying posture with comparisons to the DS02 system

J45妊婦人体模型を用いた原爆被爆胎児及び母体の線量評価; 座位や臥位などの姿勢を考慮したDS2システムとの比較

Domal, S. J.*; Correa-Alfonso, C. M.*; Paulbeck, C. J.*; Griffin, K. T.*; 佐藤 達彦   ; 船本 幸代*; Cullings, H. M.*; Egbert, S. D.*; 遠藤 章   ; Hertel, N. E.*; Lee, C.*; Bolch, W. E.*

Domal, S. J.*; Correa-Alfonso, C. M.*; Paulbeck, C. J.*; Griffin, K. T.*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Funamoto, Sachiyo*; Cullings, H. M.*; Egbert, S. D.*; Endo, Akira; Hertel, N. E.*; Lee, C.*; Bolch, W. E.*

原爆被爆者に対する線量評価は、大人・小児・幼児の3体の単純な数学ファントムに基づいて構築されたDS02システムが利用されており、妊婦や胎児に対する詳細な線量評価は行われていかなった。そこで、放射線影響研究所を中心とする日米共同研究チームは、最新の計算科学に基づいて1945年の日本人体型を再現した様々な人体模型(J45シリーズ)を開発し、より精度の高い線量評価を実施してきた。本研究では、様々な週齢の胎児・妊婦人体模型を用いて、その姿勢が被ばく線量に与える影響を検討した。その結果、妊婦の姿勢は、特に胎児の被ばく線量に大きな影響を与えることが分かった。

The RERF Working Group on Organ Dose (WGOD) has established the J45 (Japan 1945) series of high-resolution voxel phantoms, which were derived from the UF/NCI series of hybrid phantoms and scaled to match mid-1940s Japanese body morphometries. In this present study, we present the J45 pregnant female phantoms in both a kneeling and lying posture, and assess the dosimetric impact of these more anatomically realistic survivor models in comparisons to current organ doses given by the DS02 system. For the kneeling phantoms facing the bomb hypocenter, organ doses from bomb source photon spectra were shown to be overestimated by the DS02 system by up to a factor of 1.45 for certain fetal organs and up to a factor of 1.17 for maternal organs. For lying phantoms with their feet in the direction of the hypocenter, fetal organ doses from bomb source photon spectra were underestimated by the DS02 system by factors as low as 0.77 while maternal organ doses were overestimated by up to a factor of 1.38. Results from this study highlight the degree to which the existing DS02 system can differ from organ dosimetry based upon 3D radiation transport simulations using more anatomically realistic models of those survivors exposed during pregnancy while in a kneeling or lying position.