Feasibility study of FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation for a beta-emitting brachytherapy source: dosimetric parameters of 142Pr glass seed

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• 作者：Marzieh Anjomrouz ; Mo K. Bakht…
• 刊名：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：309
• 期：3
• 页码：947-953
• 全文大小：656 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Nuclear Chemistry
  Physical Chemistry
  Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions and Hadrons
  Diagnostic Radiology
  Inorganic Chemistry
  
• 出版者：Akad茅miai Kiad贸, co-published with Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic
• ISSN：1588-2780
• 卷排序：309

文摘

A series of dosimetric calculations and modeling should be done before the clinical use of any new brachytherapy source. In this work, the capability of the FLUKA Monte Carlo code to simulate praseodymium-142 glass seed as a beta-emitting brachytherapy source was evaluated. The reference dose rate, target dose rate, radial dose function and the anisotropy function were estimated. The agreement between the reported radiochromic film measurements and the FLUKA code outputs indicated that FLUKA as a multipurpose Monte Carlo simulation code can be used to predict the required dosimetric parameters reasonably well.KeywordsBrachytherapyDosimetryFLUKAMonte CarloPraseodymium-142