CÁLCULO DA DOSE EQUIVALENTE PARA FÓTONS RESULTANTES DA PRODUÇÃO DE SKYSHINE DE ACORDO COM A NCRP Nº151
CÁLCULO DA DOSE EQUIVALENTE PARA FÓTONS RESULTANTES DA PRODUÇÃO DE SKYSHINE DE ACORDO COM A NCRP Nº151
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.8182308122
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Palavras-chave: Skyshine, Radioterapia, Fótons, Acelerador, Dose Equivalente.
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Keywords: Skyshine, Radiotherapy, Photons, Accelerator, Equivalent Dose.
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Abstract: Some radiation facilities are designed with little shielding in the ceiling above the accelerator. A problem may then arise as a result of the radiation scattered by the atmosphere to points at ground level outside the treatment room. Stray radiation of this type is referred to as skyshine, and the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Report No. 151 (NCRP, 2005) gives methods for the calculation of the skyshine for accelerator facilities. McGinley (1993) has compared skyshine measurements made at an 18 MeV medical accelerator facility with values calculated using the techniques presented in the NCRP Report No.151. Measurements were made of the photon levels outside a treatment room housing a Varian 2100C equipment. The roof above the accelerator was designed for weather protection only and offered little shielding for the primary beam and scattered radiation. The distance from the treatment room floor to the roof was 4.27 m, and the primary walls were constructed of concrete 2.0 m thick. The secondary walls were made of concrete 0.99 m thick. The results for the photon skyshine dose rate, as a function of distance from the isocenter using Monte Carlo code, are compared with those in McGinley (1993) and measures obtained. The photon skyshine dose rates simulated for real clinic spectra transmitted through roof range from 4.7 to 14.6 nSv.s -1 and differ from the values obtained using the empirical formula proposed by NCRP Nº 151.
- Alphonse Germaine Albert Charles Kelecom
- Marco Antonio Frota Lima