Scatter fractions from linear accelerators with x-ray energies from 6 to 24 MV
| Autor: | Jileen Shobe, James E. Rodgers, Paula L. Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Physics
Photons Phantoms Imaging Scattering business.industry Monte Carlo method Biophysics General Medicine Radiation Biophysical Phenomena Linear particle accelerator Imaging phantom Radiotherapy High-Energy Radiation Protection Optics Electromagnetic shielding Humans Scattering Radiation Dosimetry Particle Accelerators business Monte Carlo Method Beam (structure) |
| Zdroj: | Medical Physics. 26:1442-1446 |
| ISSN: | 0094-2405 |
| Popis: | Computation of shielding requirements for a linear accelerator must take into account the amount of radiation scattered from the patient to areas outside the primary beam. Currently, the most frequently used data are from NCRP 49 that only includes data for x-ray energies up to 6 MV and angles from 30 degrees to 135 degrees. In this work we have determined by Monte Carlo simulation the scattered fractions of dose for a wide range of energies and angles of clinical significance including 6, 10, 18, and 24 MV and scattering angles from 10 degrees to 150 degrees. Calculations were made for a 400 cm2 circular field size impinging onto a spherical phantom. Scattered fractions of dose were determined at 1 m from the phantom. Angles from 10 degrees to 30 degrees are of concern for higher energies where the scatter is primarily in the forward direction. An error in scatter fraction may result in too little secondary shielding near the junction with the primary barrier. The Monte Carlo code ITS (Version 3.0) developed at Sandia National Laboratory and NIST was used to simulate scatter from the patient to the barrier. Of significance was the variation of calculated scattered dose with depth of measurement within the barrier indicating that accurate values may be difficult to obtain. Mean energies of scatter x-ray spectra are presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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