VARIAN CLINAC 6 MeV Photon Spectra Unfolding using a Monte Carlo Meshed Model

S. Morató; B. Juste; R. Miró; G. Verdú

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201715304012

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Volume 153 (2017)

EPJ Web Conf., 153 (2017) 04012

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 153, 2017 ICRS-13 & RPSD-2016, 13^th International Conference on Radiation Shielding & 19^th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of the American Nuclear Society - 2016


Article Number		04012
Number of page(s)		7
Section		4. Medical Facilities, Radiotherapy & Medical Applications, Space Dosimetry & Shielding
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715304012
Published online		25 September 2017

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[1] P.M. Charland, L. D. Paniak, “Enhanced bremsstrahlung spectrum reconstruction from depth-dose gradients”. Physics in Medicine & Biology,14, pp. 3245–3262, (2005) [Google Scholar]

[2] Gui LI, Huaqing ZHENG, Guangyao SUN and Yican WU, “Photon Energy Spectrum Reconstruction Based on Monte Carlo and Measured Percentage Depth Dose in Accurate Radiotherapy”, Progress in NUCLEAR SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 2, pp.160–164 (2011) [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[3] Roger L. Martz, “The MCNP6 Book On Unstructured Mesh Geometry: User's Guide”, LA-UR-11-05668 Rev. 8, MCNP6 code release to RSICC, Oak Ridge, TN and general distribution. [Google Scholar]

[4] B. Juste, R.Miró, G. Verdi, S.Diez, J.M. Campayo “6 and 15 MeV photon spectra reconstruction using an unfolding depth dose gradient methodology”, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011; 2011: 129-32. [Google Scholar]

[5] C. Hansen. “REGULARIZATION TOOLS: A Matlab package for analysis and solution of discrete ill-posed problems” Numerical Algorithms. Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 1-35. March 1994. [Google Scholar]

[6] D. Calvetti, S. Morigib, L. Reichel, F. Sgallarid, “Tikhonov regularization and the L-curve for large discrete ill-posed problems”, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 123, Issues 1-2, 1 November 2000, Pages 423-446. [Google Scholar]

[7] Dassault Systèmes, 3DExperience Company, “ABAQUS 6.14, ABAQUS/CAE User's Guide”, 2014. [Google Scholar]

[8] B.Juste, R.Miró, V.Abella, A.Santos, G.Verdii, “Use of MOSFET dosimeters to validate Monte Carlo radiation treatment calculation in an anthropomorphic phantom”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry Volume 116, November 2015, Pages 208-213 [Google Scholar]

[9] Kenneth Moreland, “The ParaView Tutorial Version 4.2” Sandia National Laboratories [Google Scholar]

[10] Daryoush Sheikh-Bagheri, D. W. O. Rogers, “Monte Carlo calculation of nine megavoltage photon beam spectra using the BEAM code” Medical Physics 29, 391 (2002); doi: 10.1118/1.1445413 [Google Scholar]