한국방사선학회논문지 (Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology)

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  • Pages.239-247
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  • 2015
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  • 1976-0620(pISSN)
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  • 2384-0633(eISSN)
한국방사선학회 (The Korean Society of Radiology)
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몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 이용한 선형가속기 구성요소 변화에 따른 후방산란에 관한 연구

Investigation on backscatter According to Changed in Components of Linear Accelerator Using Monte Carlo Simulation

  • 김회인 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 천권수 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과)
  • Kim, Hwein (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Chon, Kwonsu (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 투고 : 2015.05.19
  • 심사 : 2015.06.25
  • 발행 : 2015.06.30
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초록

의료용 선형가속기의 헤드 구성요소인 표적물질과 일차 콜리메이터는 선속특징을 결정짓는데 가장 큰 영향을 미치며 이로 인해 발생하는 후방산란은 구조물 차폐와 장비 관리 관점에서 고려하여야 할 요소이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 몬테카를로 시뮬레이션 중 하나인 Geant4를 통해 선형가속기를 모델링하고 헤드 구성요소의 변화에 따른 후방산란 양상을 살펴보았다. 산란되어 발생한 전자의 경우, 표적물질이 위치한 일차 콜리메이터의 내부 반경에 대부분의 분포를 보였으며 이와 반대로 산란된 광자의 경우, 바깥쪽 영역에서 상대적으로 높은 에너지의 산란이 많음을 알 수 있었다. 산란된 양전자는 약 0.03%로 미미한 발생을 보였다. 일차 콜리메이터의 내부 반경이 달라짐에 따라 세 산란입자(전자, 광자, 양전자) 모두 반경 내부 쪽에서의 변화가 컸으며, 전체 반경의 변화에 따른 후방산란은 60 mm 이상에서부터 어느 정도의 영향을 보인다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 표적물질 두께의 변화에는 큰 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통하여 가속시킨 초기 전자에 대한 후방 쪽으로의 산란도 무시할 수 없음을 알 수 있었으며 주변 구성요소의 기하학적인 형태나 크기에 의해서도 후방산란의 양상이 달라질 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 산란된 입자들의 에너지 분포를 통해 장비 관리의 관점에서도 고려하여야 할 결과라고 사료된다.

It should be accurate dose calculation to increase the efficiency of radiation therapy, and it is priority to figure out the beam characteristics for this purpose. The target and primary collimator in head components of the linear accelerator have the greatest influence on determining the beam characteristics which is caused by backscatter and it is the factor to consider the shielding structures and equipment management. In this study, we made modeling of the linear accelerator through the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation and investigated backscatter according to the change of the size and shape in head components. For the scattered electrons, it showed the greatest number of distributions inside of the inner radius at primary collimator. But, for the scattered photons which have the high energy, it was mostly located outside of the inner radius at primary collimator. Scattered positrons showed a small occurrence in about 0.03%. According to the change of the inner radius at primary collimator, it was great changes in the inside of inner radius for all three scattered particles. According to the change of the outer radius at primary collimator, it was shown some considerable effects from more than 60 mm outer radius. It was no significant effect according to the change of target thickness. In this study, we found that backscatter should be considered, and figured out that geometric size and shape of the peripheral components are the factors that influences the backscatter effect.

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