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Different effective dose conversion coefficientsfor monoenergetic neutron fluence from 10-9 MeV to 20 MeV – A methodological comparative study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2012

H. Miri H. ,
L. Rafat M.  and
K. Karimi S.
H. Miri H.
Affiliation:
Physics department, school of sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
L. Rafat M.
Affiliation:
Physics department, school of sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
K. Karimi S.*
Affiliation:
Physics department, school of sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
*
Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

Calculations are presented of the effective doses per unit neutron fluence according to the ICRP publications 60 and 103. Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNPX) code was used for six geometrical conditions of irradiation (Anterior-Posterior, Posterior-Anterior, Left-Lateral, Right-Lateral, Rotation and Isotropic) on Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) modified mathematical adult phantoms for monoenergetic neutrons from 10-9 MeV to 20 MeV. The conversion coefficients were compared with the results of an analytical phantom (Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD-5)) and some voxel model (ICRP/ICRU Reference Voxel Phantom (ICRP/ICRU RVP), HANAKO, TARO and Visible Human Project (VIPMAN)). From these comparisons, one can conclude that large discrepancies between data sets appear when wR and different sizes of the phantoms have been used for calculations. Furthermore, the differences in applied Monte Carlo codes or simulated body models could make some discrepancies less than 15%.

Keywords

Neutron effective doseORNL modified phantomMonte Carlo codesconversion coefficients
Type
Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 271 - 284
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2012

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