Research on the relationship between the scattering contribution and physical factors of the reference radiation regulated by ISO 4037

Research on the relationship between the scattering contribution and physical factors of the reference radiation regulated by ISO 4037–1

Published:2022-12-29 Issue:12 Volume:17 Page:e0279188
ISSN:1932-6203
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Author:

Qian Yi-kun^ORCID,Liu Yi-xin,Mao Ben-jiang,Zhang Song,Liu Yanan,Feng Peng^ORCID

Abstract

In the latest version of ISO 4037–1:2019 standard, the minimum dimension of a gamma radiation reference field was not clearly specified, which makes the construction of a minitype gamma reference radiation field lack of scientific basis. This paper carried out the research on the relationship between the scattering contribution and physical factors of the reference radiation regulated by ISO 4037–1. LS-SVM was applied to construct the relational model between physical factors and scattering contribution based on the data simulated by Monte Carlo method. Then the minimum dimension of collimated reference radiation field is obtained by PSO algorithm. For Co-60 source, the minimum size of the radiation field obtained is 93 cm(L)×40 cm(W)×40 cm(H). For Cs-137 source, the minimum size of the radiation field obtained is 153 cm(L)×47 cm (W)×47 cm(H). The results meet the requirements of the standard based on the model and provides a technical reference for the design of a minitype reference radiation field.

Funder

Chongqing Technological Innovation and Application Development Project

Chongqing Postgraduate Research and Innovation Project

Fundamental and Frontier Research Project of Chongqing

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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