Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations (Jan 2022)

The Study of Dosimetric Characteristics of the XHA600D Medical Linear Accelerator Based on a Monte Carlo Code

  • Ningyu Wang,
  • Fengjie Cui,
  • Shaoxian Gu,
  • Chuou Yin,
  • Shengyuan Zhang,
  • Jinyou Hu,
  • Yunzhu Cai,
  • Zhangwen Wu,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Chengjun Gou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7712498
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2022

Abstract

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By investigating the influence of initial electrons on dosimetric characteristics, reasonable incident electron parameters for the nominal 6 MV photon beam of the XHA600D accelerator are finally established, i.e., a 6 MeV monoenergetic electron beam with a radial intensity FWHM of 2.5 mm and an angular divergency of 0.15°. Based on reasonable initial parameters, Percentage Depth Doses (PDDs), Off-Axis Ratios (OARs), total scatter factors, beam qualities, and penumbra widths of both flatteningfilter (FF) and flattening-filter-free (FFF) beams for fields ranging from 4 × 4 to 30 × 30 cm2 are simulated systematically with EGSnrc codes. Not only the simulated dosimetric properties are in excellent agreement with the measurements, but also the dosimetric discrepancies between FF and FFF beams are consistent with the laws of previous studies on other accelerators. Therefore, reasonable incident electron parameters are able to accurately verify the performance of the XHA600D accelerator and can be used for further dosimetry research.