X線診療室内の空間線量率分布計算用モンテカルロ計算ツールの開発

  • 佐藤 斉
    茨城県立医療大学保健医療学部放射線技術科学科 茨城県立医療大学大学院保健医療科学研究科
  • 森 浩一
    茨城県立医療大学保健医療学部放射線技術科学科 茨城県立医療大学大学院保健医療科学研究科
  • 藤咲 賢
    茨城県立医療大学大学院保健医療科学研究科
  • 米田 隼人
    茨城県立医療大学大学院保健医療科学研究科

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  • Development of EGS5 Monte Carlo Toolkit for Estimation of Dose Distribution in X-ray Diagnostic Room
  • Xセン シンリョウ シツナイ ノ クウカンセンリョウリツ ブンプ ケイサンヨウ モンテカルロ ケイサン ツール ノ カイハツ

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The dose distribution in an X-ray irradiation field is important information for work planning and design safety. A novel Monte Carlo calculation toolkit was developed for the purpose of calculating the dose distribution in an X -ray diagnostic room. The developed toolkit provides easy preparation of input files of EGS5 Monte Carlo code and executes them. The toolkit is useful for estimation of the detailed dose distribution of a simulated three-dimensional geometry in an X-ray diagnostic room, just by inputting required values using Microsoft Excel. An X-ray beam can be defined as entering into a scattering water phantom in arbitrary energy spectra, the incidence direction, and field size. Additional definitions for up to fifty items, such as shield wall, monitor TV, etc., are available by the rectangular parallelepiped. The photon fluence detectors are arranged at fifty arbitrary positions. The absorbed organ doses can be obtained from the calculation result of photon fluence at an arbitrary evaluation position.<br>The developed toolkit has been made sure by a model calculation and measured dose using a ionization survey meter. The calculated result agrees with the measured value within 10%, except near the surface of room walls. The absorbed organ doses can be obtained from the calculation result of photon fluence at the arbitrary evaluation position.<br> From comparison of variation of the organ absorbed dose per mAs, while staying at a fixed position of 100 cm from an X-ray incident point in the range of tube voltages from 50 kV to 130 kV, the lens absorbed dose is the highest, and it subsequently decreases in the order of male genital organs, breast, thyroid gland, and skin. These calculation results clarify what should be carefully considered regarding protection of the thyroid gland or whether a lens should be used with continuous-energy X-ray beams.<br>The developed Monte Carlo calculation toolkit is well suited for optimizing safe instrument arrangements and undertaking radiation protection actions.

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  • 医学物理

    医学物理 30 (2), 25-38, 2010

    公益社団法人  日本医学物理学会

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