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Soai Dang Quoc1, Toshioh Fujibuchi2, Hiroyuki Arakawa2
1Department of Health Sciences, Division of Medical Quantum Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Purpose:
The distribution of neutron ambient dose equivalent within the TrueBeam 10 MV photon chamber was investigated.
Materials And Methods:
The research used particle and heavy ion transport code system (PHITS) code and JENDL-5.0 to simulate the neutron ambient dose equivalent on and around TrueBeam's head. The simulated results were compared with the measured results using CR-39 detectors when TrueBeam radiated 5000 monitor units of 10 MV photons with field sizes 20 cm × 20 cm and 0.5 cm × 0.5 cm.
Results:
Out of field size, the neutron ambient dose equivalents of the 0.5 cm × 0.5 cm field size are higher than those values of the 20 cm × 20 cm field size from 4% to 30%. The differences between the simulated value and the measured value of the neutron ambient dose equivalents at all points out of field size are smaller than 20%.
Conclusion:
The neutron ambient dose equivalents, simulated with PHITS and JENDL-5.0, are satisfied with the measured neutron ambient dose equivalent.
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