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Stolarczyk, L.* ; Trinkl, S. ; Romero-Expósito, M.* ; Mojzeszek, N.* ; Ambrozova, I.* ; Domingo, C.* ; Davidkova, M.* ; Farah, J.* ; Klodowska, M.* ; Knezevic, Z.* ; Liszka, M.* ; Majer, M.* ; Miljanić, S.* ; Ploc, O.* ; Schwarz, M.A.* ; Olko, P.*

Dose distribution of secondary radiation in a water phantom for a proton pencil beam-EURADOS WG9 intercomparison exercise.

Phys. Med. Biol. 63:085017 (2018)

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Systematic 3D mapping of out-of-field doses induced by a therapeutic proton pencil scanning beam in a 300 × 300 × 600 mm³ water phantom was performed using a set of thermoluminescence detectors (TLDs): MTS-7 (⁷LiF:Mg,Ti), MTS-6 (⁶LiF:Mg,Ti), MTS-N (^natLiF:Mg,Ti) and TLD-700 (⁷LiF:Mg,Ti), radiophotoluminescent (RPL) detectors GD-352M and GD-302M, and polyallyldiglycol carbonate (PADC)-based (C₁₂H₁₈O₇) track-etched detectors. Neutron and gamma-ray doses, as well as linear energy transfer distributions, were experimentally determined at 200 points within the phantom. In parallel, the Geant4 Monte Carlo code was applied to calculate neutron and gamma radiation spectra at the position of each detector. For the cubic proton target volume of 100 × 100 × 100 mm³ (spread out Bragg peak with a modulation of 100 mm) the scattered photon doses along the main axis of the phantom perpendicular to the primary beam were approximately 0.5 mGy Gy^-1 at a distance of 100 mm and 0.02 mGy Gy^-1 at 300 mm from the center of the target. For the neutrons, the corresponding values of dose equivalent were found to be ∼0.7 and ∼0.06 mSv Gy^-1, respectively. The measured neutron doses were comparable with the out-of-field neutron doses from a similar experiment with 20 MV x-rays, whereas photon doses for the scanning proton beam were up to three orders of magnitude lower.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Passive Detectors ; Neutron Dosimetry ; Gamma Radiation Dosimetry ; Water Phantom Measurements ; Secondary Radiation Measurements ; Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Radiotherapy

ISSN (print) / ISBN 0031-9155

e-ISSN 1361-6560

Journal Physics in Medicine and Biology

Quellenangaben Volume: 63, Issue: 8, Article Number: 085017

Publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)

Publishing Place Bristol

Non-patent literature Publications

Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)