Calculation of the average solid angle subtended by a detector to source in a parallel plane by a Monte Carlo method

A short computer program is described for a PC which uses a Monte Carlo method to calculate the average solid angle subtended by a rectangular or circular detector window to a coaxial or non-coaxial rectangular, circular or point source. The advantage of the Monte Carlo method is that it allows the...

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Published inRadiation protection dosimetry Vol. 102; no. 4; p. 365
Main Author Whitcher, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.01.2002
Subjects
Algorithms
Electrons
Models, Theoretical
Monte Carlo Method
Photons
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring - instrumentation
Scattering, Radiation
Sensitivity and Specificity
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Summary:A short computer program is described for a PC which uses a Monte Carlo method to calculate the average solid angle subtended by a rectangular or circular detector window to a coaxial or non-coaxial rectangular, circular or point source. The advantage of the Monte Carlo method is that it allows the calculation of average solid angle for source-detector geometries that are difficult to analyse by analytical methods. The values of solid angle are calculated to accuracies of typically better than 0.1%. The calculated values from the Monte Carlo method agree closely with those produced by polygon approximation and numerical integration by Gardner and Verghese, and others.
ISSN:0144-8420
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006107