Monte Carlo calculated photon interaction coefficients for several body tissues

Aycan Sengul, Ahmet Bozkurt

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Absorption of energy in body tissues because of radiation interactions may induce harmful outcomes such as cancer and hereditary effects due to a variety of damages in the integrity and activity of the cells. This study presents Monte Carlo calculated μ/ρ, μen/ρ and μtr/ρ values of some common tissues and organs found in the human body (namely, adipose tissue, blood, bone-cortical, brain-grey/white matter, breast tissue, eye lens, lung tissue, muscle-skeletal, ovary, soft tissue and testes) as well as water for comparison purposes. The simulation model involves a monoenergetic point source producing a pencil beam where, depending on the parameter under study, particle flux, energy flux or absorbed dose from photon interactions are scored in the range of 10 keV to 20 MeV energy. The simulations were performed using the Monte Carlo package MCNP6.1 and provided μ/ρ, μen/ρ and μtr/ρ values. The data produced in this study were compared with theoretical photon attenuation data from the XMUDAT database and demonstrated good agreement. The results, which are based on a simple model geometry and pure elemental compositions, indicate that this approach can be applied to evaluate μ/ρ, μen/ρ and μtr/ρ in a broad energy range for any element, compound or mixture.

Orijinal dilİngilizce
Sayfa (başlangıç-bitiş)487-495
Sayfa sayısı9
DergiRadiation Protection Dosimetry
Hacim200
Basın numarası5
DOI'lar
Yayın durumuYayınlandı - 1 Nis 2024

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