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Grid Monte Carlo Simulation of a Medical Linear Accelerator

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  • Didi Samir

    (University Mohammed First, PO. Box 717, Oujda, 60000, Morocco)

  • Mustapha Zerfaoui

    (LPMR, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed First, Oujda, Morocco)

  • Abdelilah Moussa

    (LPMR, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed First, Oujda, Morocco)

  • Yassine Benkhouya

    (ESMAR, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco)

  • Mehdi el Ouartiti

    (ESMAR, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco)

Abstract

A full grid simulation of the head of an Elekta Synergy Platform medical linear accelerator is performed using the Geant4 Monte Carlo platform. The simulation includes all components of the accelerator head and a homogeneous water phantom. Results in terms of depth doses and lateral dose profiles are presented for 6 MV photon beam with the 10x10 cm2 reference field size at 100 cm distance from the source. Overall, a good agreement with the measured dose data is achieved with a precision better than 0.93% and 2.63% for the depth dose profile and lateral dose profiles respectively.

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  • Didi Samir & Mustapha Zerfaoui & Abdelilah Moussa & Yassine Benkhouya & Mehdi el Ouartiti, 2018. "Grid Monte Carlo Simulation of a Medical Linear Accelerator," European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, European Open Science, vol. 3(12), pages 40-43, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejeng0:v:3:y:2018:i:12:id:61001
    DOI: 10.24018/ejeng.2018.3.12.1001
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