scholarly journals Monte Carlo study of the energy and angular dependence of the response of plastic scintillation detectors in photon beams

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 5279-5286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilie L. W. Wang ◽  
David Klein ◽  
A. Sam Beddar
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Angular Dependence ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
Scintillation Detectors ◽  
Photon Beams ◽  
Plastic Scintillation

Poster - Thur Eve - 16: Dependences of Mucosal Dose on Small Photon Beams: A Monte Carlo Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (7Part2) ◽  
pp. 3889-3889
Author(s):  
J Chow ◽  
A Owrangi ◽  
G Grigorov
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
Photon Beams

scholarly journals A Monte Carlo Study on Dose Enhancement in the Presence of Nanoparticles by Photon Source: A Comparison between Various Concentration and Material of Nanoparticles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arezoo Kazemzadeh ◽  
Habiballah Moradi
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Study ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Photon Beams ◽  
Treatment Efficiency ◽  
Dose Enhancement ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Photon Source ◽  
Energetic Photon

Purpose: Recently, the application of high atomic number nanoparticles is suggested in the field of radiotherapy to improve physical dose enhancement and hence treatment efficiency. Several factors such as concentration and material of nanoparticles and energy of beam define the amount of dose enhancement in the target in the presence of nanoparticles. Materials and Methods: In this approach, a spherical cell was simulated through the Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit which contained a nucleus and nanoparticles distributed through the cell. To investigate the effect of the concentration of nanoparticles on the deposited dose, it ranged from 3 mg/g to 30 mg/g for different materials like gold, silver, gadolinium, and platinum. Also, various mono-energetic photon beams included low and high energy sources were applied. Results: The results proved that as the concentration increased, the Dose Enhancement Factor (DEF) enlarged. Overall, almost for all energy and material that were used in this study, the maximum of DEF values occurred in the concentration of 30 mg/g. Moreover, lower energy sources presented higher DEF compared to other sources. The results indicated that the highest amount of DEF transpired for 35 keV photon beams equal to 14.67. Also, the K-edge energy of each material affects DEF values. Conclusion: To obtain a better outcome in the use of nanoparticles in combination with radiotherapy, a higher concentration of nanoparticles and low-energy photons should be considered to optimize the DEF and thus the treatment ratio.

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