Published 1991
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Miscellaneous
Conversion factors for the PMMA slab phantom for external photon irradiation
- 1. Hanyang University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Description
By means of the MCNP(Monte Carlo for Neutron-Photon transport) code, the ratio of the collision kerma for PMMA tissue equivalent material and the air collision kerma in free air is calculated for various phantom depths for broad parallel photon beams of perpendicular incidence on the front face of a PMMA slab(30cmx30cmx15cm). The calculations are performed for monoenergetic photons in the energy range between 10keV and 3MeV. The results can be used as conversion coefficients in calibrating individual dosimeters in terms of dose equivalent quantities defined directly in the phantoms and also to calculate correction factors for the determination of the ICRU sphere quantities from measurements in phantoms other than in the ICRU sphere
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- KNS
- Imprint Place
- Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the KNS autumn meeting
- Imprint Pagination
- 481 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 149-160
Conference
- Title
- 1991 autumn meeting of the KNS
- Dates
- 26 Oct 1991
- Place
- Suwon (Korea, Republic of)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 38009070
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- COLLISIONS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CONVERSION; CORRECTIONS; KERMA; M CODES; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; PMMA
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ESTERS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MOCKUP; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; STRUCTURAL MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 11 refs, 5 figs, 1 tab