Calculation of the personal dose equivalent, HP(10), for neutrons in the MIRD phantom

The personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), was calculated in the anthropomorphic Mird phantom. Hp(10) is compared with the primarily limited quantities, the effective dose, E, and the effective dose equivalent, HE, computed in the same Monte Carlo run. The operational quantity, Hs1(10), in the ICRU slab was found to approximate Hp(10) for multidirectional incidences. All quantities were obtained with the same database. Also the correlation with the organ dose equivalent in the testes and thymus are given graphically. The dependence of Hp(10) on the location in the trunk is discussed briefly. (author)