Design of a radiological response software tool for use by first responders

Author

Arrington, D. ; Fairgrieve, S. ; Silva, Joseph ; Wong, Michelle ; Brown, Donald E. ; Dalton, Jason ; Ponikvar, Donald ; Gardner, Brad ; Fox, Jennifer

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Inf. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

24-25 April 2003

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

175

Abstract

The Capstone team has worked in conjunction with Defense Group Inc. (DGI) to develop a software tool called radiological assessment device (RAD). RAD includes seven tools that perform the following functions: 1) Searches for information regarding sealed sources. 2) Searches for information about historical radiological accidents/incidences. 3) Provides relevant assessment recommendations. 4) Allows for conversion between mass and activity. 5) Provides a mechanism for equivalent radiological unit conversions. 6) Returns critical exposure output based on user inputs relative to the type of scenario encountered. Through the above functionality, the goal is to support first responder decision making during radiological emergency response.

Keywords

accidents; decision making; emergency services; nuclear explosions; radiology; security; software tools; systems analysis; weapons; RAD; critical exposure output; first responder decision making; historical radiological accidents; historical radiological incidences; radiological assessment device; radiological emergency response; software tool design; Birds; Chemicals; Collaborative software; Decision making; Gamma rays; Isotopes; Radioactive materials; Skin; Software tools; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-9744559-0-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIEDS.2003.158020

Filename

1242415