Smartphone Simulator for Realistic Radiation HAZMAT and Emergency Response Training

用于真实辐射危险品和应急响应培训的智能手机模拟器

• 批准号: 9337056
• 负责人: SHARIAR MOTAKEF
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: CAPESYM, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9337056
• 关键词: Back; Background Radiation; Behavior; Calibration; Cellular Phone; Classification; Competence; Complex; Computer software; Country; Dangerousness; Detection; Development; Effectiveness; Emergency response; Environment; Equipment; Exercise; Fire - disasters; Gamma Rays; Geometry; Goals; Hand; Hazardous Substances; Industrial Accidents; Industrialization; International; Ionizing radiation; Maintenance; Measurement; Measures; Medical; Methods; Monitor; Neutrons; Performance; Phase; Public Health; Radiation; Radiation exposure; Radioactive; Radioactivity; Radiology Specialty; Reaction Time; Risk; Safety; Self-Direction; Software Tools; Source; Speed; Surveys; Techniques; Temperature; Terrorism; Training; Training Activity; Training Programs; Variant; Work; adjudication; base; cost; design; detector; emergency service responder; experience; instructor; instrument; neutron radiation; operation; programs; radiation detector; response; simulation; software development; tool; training project; virtual; virtual reality

Smartphone Simulator for Realistic Radiation HAZMAT and Emergency Response Training Project Summary High levels of ionizing radiation are a major public health concern. This proposal seeks to develop a simulator-based tool for radiation HAZMAT and emergency response training. The smartphone simulator produces a virtual environment where the trainee can explore the operation of a variety of handheld radiation detectors in realistic scenarios involving the presence of radioactive sources. The smartphone application (app) will emulate a wide range of commercial instruments with different capabilities, limitations and modes of operation. It also creates realistic scenarios that capture the effect of radioactive sources of unknown strength and composition, shielding, distance and the layout of buildings and landscape. The training app is based on recent software developments at CapeSym that allow for high fidelity simulation of both the radiation environment and the response of commercial detector instruments. The training app will be designed to allow direct participation of the instructor, both in defining the radiation scenario and assessing the performance of the trainees. The training modules will be customizable by the instructor, using easy-to-modify templates. As the app would be on the trainee's smartphone, all of the training modules would be available outside of a traditional training course, providing opportunities for continual, self-directed training. The proposed app will allow trainees to receive hands-on experience with expensive instruments, at negligible cost. It also allows training in simulated complex scenarios with high levels of gamma and neutron radiation, which can be otherwise prohibitively dangerous and expensive to conduct. This training app allows for wide-spread, low-cost training of a large number of HAZMAT and emergency responders across the country. To date we have demonstrated the technical feasibility of our approach, and have demonstrated fully functional emulators for two commercial radiation detection instruments. In Phase II, we will add additional detection capabilities to our emulators, release a software toolkit for third-party development of emulators for a wide range of commercial equipment, and develop software tools for trainers for easy setup and monitoring of complex search and identify scenarios. We will work closely with the HAZMAT training program of International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to incorporate the developed app into training programs for HAZMAT and emergency responders.

用于真实辐射危险品的智能手机模拟器 和应急响应培训 项目概要 高水平的电离辐射是一个主要的公共卫生问题。该提案旨在制定一个 基于模拟器的辐射危险品和应急响应培训工具。智能手机 模拟器产生一个虚拟环境，学员可以在其中探索各种操作 涉及放射源存在的现实场景中的手持式辐射探测器。这 智能手机应用程序（app）将模拟各种具有不同功能的商业工具 能力、限制和运作模式。它还创建了真实的场景来捕捉 未知强度和成分、屏蔽、距离和布局的放射源的影响 的建筑物和景观。 该培训应用程序基于 CapeSym 最近开发的软件，可实现高保真度 模拟辐射环境和商用探测器仪器的响应。 培训应用程序的设计允许讲师直接参与，既定义 辐射情景并评估学员的表现。培训模块将是 由教师使用易于修改的模板进行定制。由于该应用程序将位于学员的 智能手机，所有培训模块都可以在传统培训课程之外使用， 提供持续、自我指导的培训机会。 拟议的应用程序将允许学员获得使用昂贵仪器的实践经验， 成本可以忽略不计。它还允许在具有高水平伽马和的模拟复杂场景中进行训练 中子辐射，否则进行起来可能非常危险且昂贵。这 培训应用程序允许对大量危险品和紧急情况进行广泛、低成本的培训 全国各地的响应者。 迄今为止，我们已经证明了我们方法的技术可行性，并充分证明了 用于两种商用辐射检测仪器的功能模拟器。在第二阶段，我们将添加 为我们的模拟器提供额外的检测功能，为第三方发布软件工具包 为各种商业设备开发模拟器，并开发软件工具 培训师可轻松设置和监控复杂的搜索和识别场景。我们将工作 密切配合国际消防员协会 (IAFF) 的 HAZMAT 培训计划 将开发的应用程序纳入危险品和应急响应人员的培训计划中。