An exponential growth of computational phantom research in radiation protection, imaging, and radiotherapy: a review of the fifty-year history

XG Xu - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiation dose calculation using models of the human anatomy has been a subject of great
interest to radiation protection, medical imaging, and radiotherapy. However, early pioneers …

The GSF family of voxel phantoms

N Petoussi-Henss, M Zankl, U Fill… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
Voxel phantoms are human models based on computed tomographic or magnetic
resonance images obtained from high-resolution scans of a single individual. They consist …

MIDA: a multimodal imaging-based detailed anatomical model of the human head and neck

MI Iacono, E Neufeld, E Akinnagbe, K Bower, J Wolf… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Computational modeling and simulations are increasingly being used to complement
experimental testing for analysis of safety and efficacy of medical devices. Multiple voxel …

Development of realistic high-resolution whole-body voxel models of Japanese adult males and females of average height and weight, and application of models to …

T Nagaoka, S Watanabe, K Sakurai… - Physics in Medicine …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
With advances in computer performance, the use of high-resolution voxel models of the
entire human body has become more frequent in numerical dosimetries of electromagnetic …

Voxel-based computational models of real human anatomy: a review

M Caon - Radiation and environmental biophysics, 2004 - Springer
Computational models of human anatomy are mathematical representations of human
anatomy designed to be used in dosimetry calculations. They have been used in dosimetry …

All about MAX: a male adult voxel phantom for Monte Carlo calculations in radiation protection dosimetry

R Kramer, JW Vieira, HJ Khoury… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The MAX (Male Adult voXel) phantom has been developed from existing
segmented images of a male adult body, in order to achieve a representation as close as …

The adult male voxel model” Golem” segmented from whole-body CT patient data

M Zankl, A Wittmann - Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 2001 - Springer
This paper describes the construction of an adult male voxel model named” Golem” 1 (1 In
Jewish tradition, Golem (Hebrew: shapeless matter) means an artificial human being …

Computational anthropomorphic models of the human anatomy: the path to realistic Monte Carlo modeling in radiological sciences

H Zaidi, XG Xu - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The widespread availability of high-performance computing and popularity of simulations
stimulated the development of computational anthropomorphic models of the human …

All about FAX: a Female Adult voXel phantom for Monte Carlo calculation in radiation protection dosimetry

R Kramer, HJ Khoury, JW Vieira… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has created a task
group on dose calculations, which, among other objectives, should replace the currently …

FASH and MASH: female and male adult human phantoms based on polygon mesh surfaces: I. Development of the anatomy

VF Cassola, VJ de Melo Lima, R Kramer… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Among computational models, voxel phantoms based on computer tomographic (CT),
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or colour photographic images of patients, volunteers or …