Health Phys.Abstracts,Volume 120,Number 5

Determining Average Linear Dimension and Volume of Korean Lungs for Lung Phantom Construction.Sook Yang 1,Jeongin Kim 1,Seung Jin Choi 1,Kyung Won Lee 2(1.Radiation Health Institute,172,Dolma-ro,Bundang-gu,Seongnam-si,Gyeonggi-do,Republic of Korea;2.Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,173,Gumi-ro,Bundang-gu,Seongnam-si,Gyeonggi-do,Republic of Korea;3.Radiation Health Institute,172,Dolma-ro,Bundang-gu,Seongnam-si,Gyeonggi-do,Republic of Korea 13605;4.Seoul National University,Bundang Hospital,173,Gumi-ro,Bundang-gu,Seongnam-si,Gyeonggi-do,Republic of Korea,13620)Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the average size and volume of lungs and to simulate the morphology of internal organs for the development of a Korean adult lung phantom. The body-size data of 2,195 males and 2,293 females aged between 20 and 60 y were included to calculate the average physical dimensions. Two hundred datasets of computed tomography corresponding to the average physique range were collected to measure the average linear dimensions (the length of x, y, and z-axis) of lungs.