introduction: in recent decades, several monte carlo codes have been introduced for research and medical applications. these methods provide both accurate and detailed calculation of particle transport from linear accelerators. the main drawback of monte carlo techniques is the extremely long computing time that is required in order to obtain a dose distribution with good statistical accuracy. ...

 ABSTRACTBackground: Monte Carlo simulation has been used by many researchers to calculate organ and effective dose of patients arising from conventional X-ray examinations. In this study the radiation transport code, MCNP-4C, has been used to perform Monte Carlo simulations to estimate radiation dose delivered to different organs in conventional X-ray examinations.Material and Methods: In this...

A great challenge in simulations in the area of radiotherapy is to character the source, since the equipment’s manufacturers don’t provide specifics information about this. This work presents an empiric method for characterization of the ray-X beams of 6,0 MV and 10 MV originating from a linear accelerator of the mark Varian model 2100C. The experimental values of the percentage of deep dose (P...

Prediction of neutron flux at the irradiation devices of a research reactor facility is essential for the design and evaluation of experiments involving material irradiations. A computational model of the Greek Research Reactor (GRR-1) was developed using the Monte Carlo code MCNP with continuous energy neutron cross-section data evaluations from ENDF/B-VI library. The model included detailed g...

Design and maintenance of nuclear cycle facilities mandatory imply implementation of efficient radiation protection. Radiation environment assessment and shielding optimization require a considerable amount of numerical calculations. Nowadays mathematical modelling methods and corresponding software are widely used for such kind of problems. All the software used for radiation fields modelling ...

Background: In treating patients with radiation, the degree of accuracy for the delivery of tumor dose is recommended to be within ± 5% by ICRU in report 24. The experimental studies have shown that the presence of low-density inhomogeneity in areas such as the lung can lead to a greater than 30% change in the water dose data. Therefore, inhomogeneity corrections should be used in treatment pla...

introduction pterygium is a wing-shaped, vascular, fleshy growth that originates from the conjunctiva and can spread into the corneal limbus and beyond. beta irradiation after bare sclera surgery of primary pterygium is a simple, effective, and safe treatment, which reduces the risk of local recurrence. materials and methods dosimetric components of strontium-90 (90sr), phosphorous-32 (32p), an...