Primary and leakage radiation calculations at 6, 10 and 25 MeV.

نویسندگان

  • W R Nelson
  • P D LaRiviere
چکیده

Primary and leakage x-ray spectra for typical clinical accelerators have been calculated using the EGS Monte Carlo code for 3 energies (6, 10 and 25 MeV) and 4 angles (0 degree, 45 degrees, 90 degrees and 135 degrees). Broad-beam transmission curves have been calculated for ordinary concrete using the MORSE program with the EGS spectra as input. A simple analytical model, which is shown to agree rather well with both experimental data and with the MORSE results, is presented and initial and subsequent tenth-value layers are extracted. Finally, the photon spectrum after the concrete shield is obtained with MORSE.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Health physics

دوره 47 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1984