NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 11, 110201(2024)

Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber

Shuaizhe GU1,2,4, Zhiling CHEN3,4, Ye LIN3,4, Qi LIU5, Haobo BAI1,2,4, Yuhang ZOU1,2,4, Xiufang LI3,4、*, and Deming LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 4Shanghai Key Laboratory of Proton-therapy, Shanghai 201801, China
  • 5Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430023, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Schematic of MLIC physical model in Monte Carlo simulation
    The layout of MLIC experimental prototype for beam experiment
    Comparison of IDD curves obtained from water tank measurements, MLIC prototype, and MLIC Monte Carlo simulations under an 85.3 MeV pencil proton beam
    Diagram of WET calculation for materials in TOPAS
    Comparation of IDD curves for MLIC made from different absorber materials (color online)
    Comparison of the differences in beam characteristics, which were obtained from MLIC simulation of different absorber materials under different energies(a) Difference in R80 measurement, (b) Difference in FWHM measurement, (c) Difference in DDF measurement
    R80 differences varies with energies obtained for MLIC made from several absorber materials using WER calibrations of various energies (a) Aluminum, (b) FR-4, (c) PMMA
    FWHM differences varies with energies obtained for MLIC made from several absorber materials using WER calibrations of various energies (color online) (a) Aluminum, (b) FR-4, (c) PMMA
    DDF differences with energies obtained for MLIC made from several absorber materials using WER calibrations of various energies (color online) (a) Aluminum, (b) FR-4, (c) PMMA
    • Table 1. WER calculation results of different proton energies incident on absorber materials with different thicknesses

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      Table 1. WER calculation results of different proton energies incident on absorber materials with different thicknesses

      质子能量Energy / MeV厚度 Thickness / mm
      AlPMMAFR-4
      120501205012050
      702.1061.1711.1671.7511.745
      1002.1132.1111.1681.1651.1671.7541.753
      1252.1102.1192.1111.1591.1651.1661.7631.7561.754
      1502.1292.1242.1211.1851.1651.1651.7521.7591.758
      1752.1432.1292.1271.1711.1651.1651.7891.7611.761
      2002.0972.1312.1301.1721.1651.1651.7581.7621.762
      2252.1092.1332.1321.1561.1641.1641.7651.7611.764
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    Shuaizhe GU, Zhiling CHEN, Ye LIN, Qi LIU, Haobo BAI, Yuhang ZOU, Xiufang LI, Deming LI. Simulation study of the influence of water equivalent ratio energy dependence of absorber materials on measurement of multilayer ionization chamber[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(11): 110201

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    Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

    Received: Jan. 17, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

    The Author Email: LI Xiufang (LIXiufang)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.110201

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