Calculation of conversion coefficients for clinical photon spectra using the MCNP code.

Abstract:

:In this work, the MCNP4B code has been employed to calculate conversion coefficients from air kerma to the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10)/Ka, for monoenergetic photon energies from 10 keV to 50 MeV, assuming the kerma approximation. Also estimated are the H*(10)/Ka for photon beams produced by linear accelerators, such as Clinac-4 and Clinac-2500, after transmission through primary barriers of radiotherapy treatment rooms. The results for the conversion coefficients for monoenergetic photon energies, with statistical uncertainty <2%, are compared with those in ICRP publication 74 and good agreements were obtained. The conversion coefficients calculated for real clinic spectra transmitted through walls of concrete of 1, 1.5 and 2 m thick, are in the range of 1.06-1.12 Sv Gy(-1).

journal_name

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

authors

Lima MA,Silva AX,Crispim VR

doi

10.1093/rpd/nch351

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-01-01 00:00:00

pages

9-12

issue

1

eissn

0144-8420

issn

1742-3406

pii

111/1/9

journal_volume

111

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