Published 2015
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Monte Carlo simulations of photoneutron activation in a medical LINAC
Creators
- 1. Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, 23 rue du Loess, BP 28, 67037 Strasbourg cedex 2 (France)
Description
The first step of the present study was to simulate the γ-radioactivity produced by photoneutrons in the treatment head of a decommissioned medical LINAC. These results, obtained with MCNPX and CINDER'90, are then compared with γ-ray spectrometric measurements of parts of the treatment head. Our ultimate objective is to simulate the associated production by photonuclear reactions of pure β-emitters, which are more difficult to access experimentally than the γ-ray emitters. (authors)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 4 p.
- Report number
- ANIMMA--2015-IO-x15
Conference
- Title
- 4. International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications
- Acronym
- ANIMMA 2015
- Dates
- 20-24 Apr 2015
- Place
- Lisboa (Portugal)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 47102431
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BETA PARTICLES; C CODES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; M CODES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONEUTRONS; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS; RADIOACTIVITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER CODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PHOTONUCLEONS; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 19 Refs.