While Dr. Jung and I were working on a project studying the effects of external radiation, such as from accidents or terrorist events, on monkey models, he suggested a different approach. He proposed using the same monkey model to evaluate radiation exposure from sources inside the monkey’s body, which is actually very useful for nuclear medicine research. Alongside the main project, I ran additional computer simulations with different input files. These calculations took much longer than the first project, and I had to continue them even after the summer ended. After about three months, I finally completed the calculations and, with Dr. Jung’s help, summarized the results into a manuscript.
Here’s the 3D rendering of the monkey model that I used for the project.
Below are the graphs comparing monkey’s radiation dose with those of the human models at different ages.
Here’s the manuscript file that Dr. Jung and I submitted to Radiation Physics and Chemistry.