Determination of Effect of a Lead Filter on the Average Energy of Photon Radiation of a Medical Linear Electron Accelerator-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Determination of Effect of a Lead Filter on the Average Energy of Photon Radiation of a Medical Linear Electron Accelerator

Published:2023-05-28 Issue:2 Volume:0 Page:13-24
ISSN:2075-1338
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Author:

Zaharadniuk Aliaksei¹²,Taraev Aleksandr¹,Lazarenko Sergey¹,Komar Damian¹

Affiliation:

1. Scientific Production Unitary Enterprise «ATOMTEX»

2. Belarusian State University

Abstract

The article considers the change in the average energy of photon radiation with the upper limit of the spectrum of 6 MeV, generated by a medical linear electron accelerator (or LINAC for short), when radiation passes through a lead filter of various thicknesses. The calculation of the spectrum and average energy of photon radiation is carried out using Monte Carlo modelling. Additionally, the coefficients of attenuation of photon radiation by a lead filter are calculated. Particular attention is paid to the influence of the filter on the shape of the spectrum. The validation of the calculation is determined by comparing the model and experimentally obtained attenuation coefficients for kerma.

Publisher

Scientific Production Company Doza, Ltd

Subject

General Engineering

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