ICRP pregnant-female mesh-type reference computational phantoms part 1: development of fetal phantoms.

. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) decided to develop pregnant-female reference computational phantoms, including the maternal and fetal phantoms, through its 2007 general recommendations. Acknowledging the advantages of the mesh geometry, the ICRP decided to develop the pregnant-female mesh-type reference computational phantoms (MRCPs) for 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 38 week fetal ages directly in the mesh format.

Low-Power Field-Deployable Interdigital Transducer-Based Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer for Wall-Thinning Detection in Plates.

Lamb waves have become a focal point in ultrasonic testing owing to their potential for long-range and inaccessible detection. However, accurately estimating the flaws in plates using Lamb waves remains challenging because of scattering, mode conversion, and dispersion effects. Recent advances in laser ultrasonic wave techniques have introduced innovative visualization methods that exploit the dispersion effect of Lamb waves to visualize defects via, for example, acoustic wavenumber spectroscopy.

A novel method for rapid estimation of active bone marrow dose for radiotherapy patients in epidemiological studies.

Background: In a dedicated effort to improve the assessment of clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and study leukemia risk following radiotherapy, we are developing a large-scale cohort study among cancer patients who received radiation. To that end, it will be critical to analyze dosimetric parameters of red bone marrow (ABM) exposure in relation to CH and its progression to myeloid neoplasms, requiring reconstruction method for ABM doses of a large-scale patients rapidly and accurately.

Purpose: To support a large-scale cohort study on the assessment of clonal hematopoiesis and leukemia risk following radiotherapy, we present a new method for the rapid reconstruction of ABM doses of radiotherapy among cancer patients.

Development of Maximum Residual Stress Prediction Technique for Shot-Peened Specimen Using Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Data Based on Convolutional Neural Network.

Shot peening is a surface treatment process that improves the fatigue life of a material and suppresses cracks by generating residual stress on the surface. The injected small shots create a compressive residual stress layer on the material's surface. Maximum compressive residual stress occurs at a certain depth, and tensile residual stress gradually occurs as the depth increases.

Development of Respiratory Tract Organs for ICRP Pediatric Mesh-type Reference Computational Phantoms.

As part of the activities of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Task Group 103, the present study developed a new set of respiratory tract organs consisting of the extrathoracic, bronchial, bronchiolar, and alveolar-interstitial regions for newborn, 1-, 5-, 10-, and 15-y-old males and females for use in pediatric mesh-type reference computational phantoms. The developed respiratory tract organs, while preserving the original topologies of those of the pediatric voxel-type reference computational phantoms of ICRP Publication 143, have improved anatomy and detailed structure and also include μm-thick target and source regions prescribed in ICRP Publication 66. The dosimetric impact of the developed respiratory tract organs was investigated by calculating the specific absorbed fraction for internal electron exposures, which were then compared with the ICRP Task Group 96 values.