Aamri, Hussin and Fielding, Andrew and Aamry, Ali and Sulieman, Abdelmoneim and Tamam, Nissren and Alkhorayef, Mohammed and Bradley, D.A. * (2021) Comparison between PRIMO and EGSnrc Monte Carlo models of the Varian True Beam linear accelerator. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 178. p. 109013. ISSN 0969-806X
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The study objectives were to simulate a 6 MV flattening filter-free (FFF) photon beam of a TrueBeam Varian LINAC, using the PRIMO code. The depth-dose profiles for various jaw open fields and cross-beam profiles for various depths inside water phantoms were determined using PRIMO simulations and were compared with the EGSnrc simulation results. A 93% match between both codes has generally been obtained, with a systematic variation in agreement between the two models that increases with field size. The closest agreement, to within 94%, was obtained for a 6 × 6 cm2 jaw open field at 5.0 cm and 10.0 cm depths, better at 10- than at 5.0 cm depth. The effects of how scatter is modelled has been shown to result in the differences.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Monte Carlo simulation; Flattening-filter free (FFF); Linear accelerator (LINAC); EGSnrc; Dose in build-up region; PRIMO Code. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R895-920 Medical Physics/Medical Radiology |
| Divisions: | Others > Non Sunway Academics Sunway University > School of Medical and Life Sciences [formerly School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences until 2020] > Centre of Biomedical Physics [wef 2021 changed to Research Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies and moved to SET ] |
| Depositing User: | Dr Janaki Sinnasamy |
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| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2021 08:21 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2021 02:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/1572 |
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