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Designed for radiation protection professionals, the Health Physicist's Companion is a convenient and easy-to-use software tool for obtaining information about radionuclides, radiation and dosimetric quantities, radiation physics and for completing all manner of routine calculations such as dose rates and shielding performance.

The Health Physicist's Companion has sold in over twenty countries around the world and, at just £140 ($280 US, 209 euro) for a single user licence, is priced to be affordable to all who practice in radiation protection.  Take a look at the feature list below for a summary of what the product does and who's using it.

Click here or the 'Overview' button to the left for more information about the HP Companion. Or why not download the user manual to find out more. 

Click here to download a full 30-day evaluation copy of the Health Physicist's Companion.
Click here to download an information leaflet.

If you would prefer to receive an evaluation CD, click this link: Mail me a CD

FEATURE LIST
 Radiation Protection Software - Syberad Limited

Designed for Microsoft Windows 95, 98,
2000, NT and XP

bulletDatabase of more than 2800 nuclides
bulletRadioactivity
 Calculate future and past radioactivities for any nuclide in the database.
bulletDose rates and radiation shielding
 Calculate dose rates for any nuclide, at any distance, for any activity or mass and with various types of 
shielding in place.
'Capped' dose calculations:

  Compute the activity, distance, time or 
  shield thickness needed for a specified
  dose rate.
Calculate radiation shielding build-up factors.
Calculate beta emission dose rates.

bulletPhoton attenuation coefficients database
bulletRadiological units conversion
 Including radon quantity conversions.
bulletSerial decay
Display and print nuclide decay series.
Calculate daughter radioactivities.
Calculate maximum daughter 'in-growth' times.
bulletX-ray sets
Calculate dose rates (for tube V, mAs & distance).
Calculate attenuation in shielding materials.
bulletIntegrated algebraic scientific calculator
bulletOn-line help and radiation tutorials
bulletHypertext version of the Ionising
Radiations Regulations 1999 (UK only)

Who's Using the HP Companion?

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
CERN
UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
UK Medical Research Council
British Energy
UK Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
UK Royal Free Hospital
UK Warship Support Agency (WSA)
Hong Kong Department of Health
 

If you've read enough about the HP Companion and now want to buy a user licence by credit card, click here.

To download the User Manual in rich text format, click this link: User Manual

NB.  This format is readable using any word processor.  The downloaded file is compressed and will be automatically 'unzipped' to a folder location of your choosing.  If you have Microsoft Word installed on your PC, you can open this file directly in Word; just click on the link above and choose the 'Open' rather than the 'Save' option when the dialogue box displays.

 To download the User Manual in Adobe Acrobat format, click this link: User Manual
NB  You'll need the Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your PC in order to be able to read pdf files.  This utility is available free from the Adobe web site, click the graphic to download it.  Download the Acrobat Reader

The User Manual files are several megabytes in size and will take around 5 to 20 minutes to download depending on the speed of your modem.  If you don't want to wait that long on the web now, why not send your email address to: ManualRequest@syberad.co.uk and we'll email you a copy of the manual (don't forget to tell us what format you require, Adobe Acrobat or rich text).

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This page was last updated on: 29 December, 2007