Monte Carlo study of the dependence of the KAP-meter calibration coefficient on beam aperture, x-ray tube voltage and reference plane

• Published in: Physics in medicine & biology Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1157 - 1170
• Main Authors: Malusek, A, Larsson, J P, Carlsson, G Alm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 21.02.2007
• Subjects: Calibration; Filtration; Humans; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Models, Theoretical; Monte Carlo Method; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Monitoring; Radiography - instrumentation; Radiography - methods; Radiometry - instrumentation; Radiometry - methods; Risk Factors; X-Ray Intensifying Screens

The Monte Carlo method was used to study the dependence of the calibration coefficient on the tube voltage, beam aperture and reference plane in simplified over-couch geometries modelling VacuTec's type 70157 KAP-meter both with and without an additional filter. The MCNP5 code was used to calcu...