Research

Research is generally conducted to improve measurement accuracy, and phantom design and fabrication. Where accuracy cannot be improved research is conducted to quantify the uncertainties associated with a series of measurements. For example, the effect of a person's height and weight on the result from a whole body count. In other cases, research may address a special project.

• Whole Body Counting :  Size dependency, counter design, geometry effects, simplified calibration curves, standing BOMAB.
• Lung :  Size dependency, effect of activity distributions, effect of chest wall thickness and composition, quantifying distribution patterns, techniques for determining phantom characteristics, phantom comparisons, simplified calibration curve, MDA reduction, phantom design and fabrication.
• Thyroid :  Phantom design and fabrication, iodine metabolism, measurement accuracy improvement and geometry effects (including collimation).
• Ultrasound Measurements for Chest Wall Thickness: Measurement of Canadian and South Korean workers.
• Knee Phantom: Work with Monte Carlo simulations.
• Emergency Response: Exercise Maritime Response (2006).
• Phantom Modification: Changes made to lung and whole body phantoms.