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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.1.85

Derivation of a Verification Formula for the Dose Rate Contributing to the Maze Door of the 6 MV Treatment Room  

Park, Cheol Seo (Corporate Subsidiary Research Institute, Korea Best Engineering Co. Ltd)
Kim, Jong Eon (Department of Radiological Science, Kaya University)
Kang, Eun Bo (Department of Radiological Science, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.15, no.1, 2021 , pp. 85-91 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to derive an equation to verify the accuracy of the dose rate for each component calculated at the measurement point outside the maze door when designing the maze door of 6 MV X-ray beam. Based on the component-specific dose rate calculation formula for the measurement point outside the maze door described in NCRP Report 151 and IAEA Safety Report Series 47, the dose rate calculation formula for each component when applying the values of the drawing-based parameters and the dose rate calculation formula for each component when applying the values of conservative parameters are derived. From the two dose rate calculation formulas for each component, the dose rate verification formula for each component at the measurement point outside the maze door was derived. The resulting dose rate verification formula for each component at the measurement point outside the maze door can be compared and analyzed whether the dose rate for each component at the measurement point outside the maze door calculated by the designer falls within the range of the dose rate obtained from the derived dose rate verification formula for each component. This verification formula is considered to be practically useful in verifying the accuracy of the dose rate for each component calculated by the designer.
Keywords
Maze door; Primary beam; Scattered ray; Secondary barrier;
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