Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations

Ahmet Bozkurt; Ismail Hakki Sarpun

doi:10.1063/1.5048154

Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations

Ahmet Bozkurt^*, Ismail Hakki Sarpun

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Abstract

This study presents the results of Monte Carlo simulations to obtain stopping power of protons in energy ranges and materials of therapeutic importance. The source was modeled as a point source emitting mono-energetic pencil beam of protons. A cylinder containing the material of interest was placed in vacuum to represent the phantom, a cylinder of 30 cm radius and 100 cm height. A disk-shaped thin detector (r=2 cm) was created in this phantom to compute average values of absorbed dose and flux. Its thickness varied from simulation to simulation depending on the energy of the incoming source protons. Average flux and absorbed dose were computed in the detector cell to evaluate the value of the stopping power for the material of interest at that specific energy. The results obtained in this study are compared with the data from the NIST compilation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017
Editors	Arezki Amokrane, Nassima Adimi, Lylia Alghem-Hamidatou, Boualem Bouzid, Mohamed Belgaid, Kamel Sidi-Ali
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Print)	9780735417106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048154
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017 - Algiers, Algeria Duration: 20 Nov 2017 → 23 Nov 2017

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1994
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Conference	1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017
Country/Territory	Algeria
City	Algiers
Period	20/11/17 → 23/11/17

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Bozkurt, A., & Sarpun, I. H. (2018). Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations. In A. Amokrane, N. Adimi, L. Alghem-Hamidatou, B. Bouzid, M. Belgaid, & K. Sidi-Ali (Eds.), 1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017 Article 040004 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1994). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048154

Bozkurt, Ahmet ; Sarpun, Ismail Hakki. / Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations. 1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017. editor / Arezki Amokrane ; Nassima Adimi ; Lylia Alghem-Hamidatou ; Boualem Bouzid ; Mohamed Belgaid ; Kamel Sidi-Ali. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2018. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Bozkurt, A & Sarpun, IH 2018, Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations. in A Amokrane, N Adimi, L Alghem-Hamidatou, B Bouzid, M Belgaid & K Sidi-Ali (eds), 1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017., 040004, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1994, American Institute of Physics Inc., 1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017, Algiers, Algeria, 20/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048154

Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations. / Bozkurt, Ahmet; Sarpun, Ismail Hakki.
1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017. ed. / Arezki Amokrane; Nassima Adimi; Lylia Alghem-Hamidatou; Boualem Bouzid; Mohamed Belgaid; Kamel Sidi-Ali. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2018. 040004 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1994).

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Bozkurt A, Sarpun IH. Stopping power of protons for energies and materials of therapeutic importance using Monte Carlo simulations. In Amokrane A, Adimi N, Alghem-Hamidatou L, Bouzid B, Belgaid M, Sidi-Ali K, editors, 1st International Conference on Radiations and Applications, ICRA 2017. American Institute of Physics Inc. 2018. 040004. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.5048154

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