Debugging of ORNL Series of Mathematical Phantoms of Human Body

Series of mathematical phantoms of human body, given by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), wasprogrammed as input files for MCNP-4B code. Detailed check of geometry of these phantoms performed byMCNP-4B,discoveredsomeminorerrors,thatresultedinoverlappingofsomeorgans. Threetypesoferrorswerefoundanddescribedhere: (a)colonoverlapswithpelvisbone;(b)facialskeletonpenetratetheheadskin,and(c)esophagusoverlapswithstomach. Theseerrorspreventcorrectexecutionofprogram. Proposalforcorrectionoftheseerrorsaregiveninthispaper.PACS:02.50.Ng,07.05.Tp,87.53.Bn

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