Calculations of secondary neutron dose from 18 MV IMRT

Michele Sutton Ferenci; Rebecca M. Howell; Joseph Y. Ting; Lawrence W. Davis; Nolan E. Hertel

Calculations of secondary neutron dose from 18 MV IMRT

Michele Sutton Ferenci, Rebecca M. Howell, Joseph Y. Ting, Lawrence W. Davis, Nolan E. Hertel

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Abstract

A preliminary examination of the secondary neutron dose from 18 MV Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) was performed using the Monte Carlo code, MCNPX. A model of the Varian Clinac 2200C/2300C including the multileaf collimator was created to compute the neutron fluence and production in and around the treatment head. The neutron fluence results were folded with ICRP 74 fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients to obtain the ambient dose equivalent outside of the treatment head. The calculations are compared with measurements at the same location.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	600-606
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	Sixth International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology (AccApp'03): Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 1 2003 → Jun 5 2003

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Other	Sixth International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology (AccApp'03): Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/1/03 → 6/5/03

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Calculations of secondary neutron dose from 18 MV IMRT. / Ferenci, Michele Sutton; Howell, Rebecca M.; Ting, Joseph Y. et al.
2003. 600-606 Paper presented at Sixth International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology (AccApp'03): Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance, San Diego, CA, United States.

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