BARC/PUB/2018/0468

 
 

Fluka-based monte carlo investigation of microdosimetric distributions of telecobalt beam

 
     
 
Author(s)

Selvam, T. P.; Chattaraj, A.; Datta, D.
(RP&AD)

Source

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2018. Vol. 178 (4): pp. 430-440

ABSTRACT

FLUKA-based Monte Carlo calculations of microdosimetric distributions in water phantom involving a walled spherical Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Counter filled with tissue-equivalent propane gas have been studied for an indigenously developed telecobalt machine. The simulated site size considered in the study was 2 μm. In the Monte Carlo calculations, field size was varied from 10 cm × 10 cm to 35 cm × 35 cm and the depth was varied as 5–20 cm. The study also includes calculation of microdosimetric distributions with a 30° wedge filter. The efficiency of the calculations was improved up to a factor of 26 by choosing appropriate cut off values for production and transport of electrons. The calculated microdosimetric distributions of telecobalt machine is distinctly different from that of a bare 60Co source which is attributed to the influence of scattered photons from the machine head and the water phantom.

 
 
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