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RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
卷 102, 期 -, 页码 139-146出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.04.033
关键词
Effective atomic number; Electron density; Mean photon energy; Radiation source
Effective atomic numbers, Z(eff), and electron densities, n(eff), are convenient parameters used to characterise the radiation response of a multi-element material in many technical and medical applications. Accurate values of these physical parameters provide essential data in medical physics. In the present study, the effective atomic numbers and electron densities have been calculated for some human tissues and dosimetric materials such as Adipose Tissue (ICRU-44), Bone Cortical (ICRU-44), Brain Grey/White Matter (ICRU-44), Breast Tissue (ICRU-44), Lung Tissue (ICRU-44), Soft Tissue (ICRU-44), LiF TLD-100H, TLD-100, Water, Borosilicate Glass, PAG (Gel Dosimeter), Fricke (Gel Dosimeter) and OSL (Aluminium Oxide) using mean photon energies, E-m, of various radiation sources. The used radiation sources are Pd-103, Tc-99, Ra-226, I-131, Ir-192, Co-60, 30 kVp, 40 kVp, 50 kVp (Intrabeam, Carl Zeiss Meditec) and 6 MV (Mohan-6 MV) sources. The E-m values were then used to calculate Z(eff) and n(eff) of the tissues and dosimetric materials for various radiation sources. Different calculation methods for Z(eff) such as the direct method, the interpolation method and Auto-Z(eff) computer program were used and agreements and disagreements between the used methods have been presented and discussed. It has been observed that at higher E-m values agreement is quite satisfactory (Dif. < 5%) between the adopted methods. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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