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  • Radiation dosimetry
  • Materials science

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  • Phantoms are essential for evaluating new medical techniques and simulating clinical conditions safely.
  • Accurate simulation requires materials that mimic human tissue properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the efficacy of various tissue equivalent phantom materials.
  • To identify optimal materials for different radiation types in medical applications.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated radiological parameters (mass energy absorption coefficient, CT number, etc.) for materials like PMMA, solid water, SOT, and ST.
  • Utilized established (XCOM, SRIM/TRIM) and new (Phy-X/PSD, PAGEX) computational codes for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Solid water demonstrated superior tissue equivalency for gamma rays and electrons.
  • Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and ST were identified as optimal for proton and alpha particles, respectively.
  • New codes (PAGEX, Phy-X/PSD) showed high reliability compared to established databases.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides validated data for selecting appropriate phantom materials for radiation therapies.
  • Results support the development of novel phantom compositions for advanced medical imaging and treatment planning.
  • Newly developed computational tools offer a reliable and user-friendly approach for phantom material analysis.