Energy Spectra of Photons in Tissue Equivalent Phantoms

Project: General ResearchGeneral Research 2016 Cycle 1

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Abstract Arabic

هذه الدراسة تهدف إلى معرفة تصرف الفوتونات داخل أجسام الاختبار المشابهة للأنسجة. وتحديدا سيتم دراسة أطياف طاقة الفوتونات والهبوط في طاقة الفوتونات أثناء اختراقها لهذه المادة. ونظرا لعدم وجود طريقة مخبرية لقياس هذه الكميات، سيتم الاستعانة بأسلوب حسابي يعتمد على برمجة الكمبيوتر. إن نتائج هذه الدراسة ستكون مفيدة في قياس الجرعات الإشعاعية، وبالتبعية السلامة العامة للتصوير الطبي والعلاج الإشعاعي.

Abstract English

Interaction of photons emitted from popular radionuclides used in nuclear medicine with tissue equivalent phantoms are studied in this work. Effect of phantom thickness and materials on the gamma- ray spectra are investigated, and different regions observed in the spectrum are explained based on the basic principles of photon interactions. Results show that multiple scattering peaks are generally located at energies lower than 100 keV for all primary photon energies and medium thicknesses, however, it is more difficult to distinguish single, double an d multiple scattering in the gamma spectra resulted from larger phantom thicknesses. Trans mitted photon spectra through water, soft tis s ue, breast and brain tissues slab phantoms with ICRU report 44 compositions were demonstrated, and found that they are almost independent on the phantom material.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/08/1616/10/17

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