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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2015.9.4.239

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

Kim, Hwein (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
Chon, Kwonsu (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.9, no.4, 2015 , pp. 239-247 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Medical Linear Accelerator; Monte Carlo Simulation; backscatter;
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