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The Evolution of radiation dose management in CT: Moving Beyond physical shielding

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112537

Haila Nasser A. Aloud, Salman Albeshan

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A Monte Carlo simulation of Gamma ART-6000 devices to investigate beam characteristics in a homogeneous environment using Geant4 simulation toolkits

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112542

Bui Tien Hung , Tran Thuy Duong , Bui Ngoc Ha , Ho Quang Tuan

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Raman measurements on gamma irradiated chestnut fruits

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112547

Amilcar L. Antonio , Sandra Cabo Verde , M. Fatima Cerqueira

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Long term in-vivo dosimetry result for bilateral oppose extended source to surface distance (SSD) total body irradiation

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112541

Biplab Sarkar , Anirudh Pradhan

{"title":"Long term in-vivo dosimetry result for bilateral oppose extended source to surface distance (SSD) total body irradiation","authors":"Biplab Sarkar , Anirudh Pradhan","doi":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112541","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>To report the results of in-vivo dose measurement using optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters (OSLDs) for bilateral opposed extended source-to-surface distance (SSD) total body irradiation (TBI).</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>A total of 14 OSLDs were placed at various locations on the patient's body during TBI delivery. Additionally, a 0.6 cc Farmer chamber was placed at the leg bifurcation position. The doses recorded by the OSLDs and the Farmer chamber were noted and compared with the prescribed dose.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 67 patients were treated with extended SSD TBI, including 19 females and 48 males. Of these, 25 patients received a single fraction treatment, while the remaining 42 received treatment in 6 fractions. 31 patients were treated using a 6 MV beam, and the remaining 36 patients were treated using a 15 MV beam. Total number of treatment/OSLD measurement sessions were 277. The average measured dose using OSLDs across all positions and fractions was 220.9 ± 17.1 cGy, while the Farmer chamber measured a dose of 224.3 ± 11.5 cGy, with a deviation of 1.8%. The deviation from the prescribed dose was +10.4% for the OSLD and +12.5% for the chamber. The mean OSLD dose for all positions, all sessions, normalized to the 0.6 cc Farmer chamber dose, was 98.7 ± 1.9%.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The doses measured by the Farmer chamber and the OSLDs were comparable. However, both the chamber and OSLD doses differed from the prescribed dose of 2 Gy per fraction. This discrepancy is attributed to the inherent characteristics of the hourglass-like dose distribution from parallel opposed beams in extended SSD, where the surface to midline dose varies between 17% (6 MV: 42 cm separation) and 27% (15 MV: 62 cm separation). This is an inherent heterogeneity of the dose distribution and cannot be corrected. OSLDs are a reliable in-vivo dosimeter.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20861,"journal":{"name":"Radiation Physics and Chemistry","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 112541"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143035273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Free volume impact on ionic conductivity of PVdF/GO/PVP solid polymer electrolytes via positron annihilation approach

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112539

Mesut Yılmazoğlu , Hikmet Okkay , Ufuk Abaci , Emre Tekay , Ozan Coban , Sümeyye Veziroğlu , Ayse Yumak Yahsi , Cumali Tav , Ugur Yahsi

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Interplay of irradiation stress and phase stabilizer in determining the direction of martensitic transformation in SS316

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112546

Sarita Ahlawat , Nandini Garg , K.K. Pandey , Velaga Srihari , Debdulal Kabiraj , Manju Bala , Sonu Hooda , Niharendu Choudhury , Aniruddha Biswas

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Comparative analysis of proton depth dose distribution in the Snyder head phantom: FLUKA vs GEANT4 physics models

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112532

Mustafa Mohammad Rafiei , Alessandro Bartoloni , Sara Parsaei , Lidia Strigari

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Research on thermal neutron shielding effect of serpentine concrete (SC) 蛇纹石混凝土（SC）的热中子屏蔽效应研究

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112535

Yucheng Zhou , Xiaoming Chen , Yijian Zhan , Zhiyao Xue , Jifeng Hu , Xiaohe Wang , Mintao Zhu , Deliang Li

{"title":"Research on thermal neutron shielding effect of serpentine concrete (SC)","authors":"Yucheng Zhou , Xiaoming Chen , Yijian Zhan , Zhiyao Xue , Jifeng Hu , Xiaohe Wang , Mintao Zhu , Deliang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112535","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112535","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fourth-generation advanced reactor systems have extremely high safety and antinuclear radiation diffusion requirements. The material design of nuclear radiation shielding concrete in reactor construction is important. In this work, the thermal neutron shielding performance of serpentine concrete (SC) is examined for a thermal neutron reactor—the molten salt reactor project. The effects of thermal neutrons in different energy segments on the SC shielding are investigated using a photoneutron source (PNS) driven by a 15 MeV electron linear accelerator (LINAC) and Monte Carlo (MCNP) simulations. The results show that the difference between SC and normal concrete (NC) lies in its higher content of H, Fe and Mg; among these elements, the comprehensive cross sections of H and Fe are greater than those of the other main elements, and the thermal neutron shielding effect of SC is approximately 25% greater than that of NC. Due to the thermal neutron scattering (TNS) effect, the <0.01 eV thermal neutron transmission of concrete significantly increases, and the thermal neutron transmission difference of the low thickness concrete is significant and needs to be considered in engineering construction. This study provides support for the engineering construction of advanced reactors and is highly important for reducing the spread of nuclear radiation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20861,"journal":{"name":"Radiation Physics and Chemistry","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 112535"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Direct creation of the relative stopping power maps from MRI images using a cycleGAN deep-learning network for proton therapy

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112545

Hamid Omidi , Reza Faghihi , Mohammadreza Parishan , Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi

{"title":"Direct creation of the relative stopping power maps from MRI images using a cycleGAN deep-learning network for proton therapy","authors":"Hamid Omidi , Reza Faghihi , Mohammadreza Parishan , Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi","doi":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112545","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112545","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>In MRI-based proton therapy, obtaining relative stopping power (RSP) maps from MRI involves converting MRI to CT, which introduces errors and uncertainties.</div></div><div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>We proposed a method based on deep learning to generate RSP values directly from MR images, eliminating the need for CT imaging. By bypassing the CT conversion step, our method improves the accuracy and efficiency of the RSP generation process.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>We implemented a cycle-consistent generative adversarial network (cycleGAN) to learn the nonlinear mapping between MR images and corresponding reference RSP maps. A total of 1000 pairs of T1-weighted MRI images from 5 patients and their related RSP maps were used to train the network. We had MR-CT paired images available, and to create reference RSP maps, we utilized the Hounsfield Look-Up Table (HLUT) to relate each Hounsfield unit (HU) value in the CT image to its corresponding RSP value.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The method was evaluated with 100 random slices of head images from 5 patients. Mean absolute error (MAE), normalized mean squared error (NMSE), mutual information (MI), root mean squared error (RMSE), and mean error (ME) were used to quantify the differences between the generated and reference RSP maps. The predicted RSP maps showed an average MAE of 1.13%, average NMSE of 1.51%, average MI of 3.61, average RMSE of 1.37%, and ME of −0.95%.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The proposed method offers an alternative approach for deriving RSP values directly from MR images, potentially reducing costs compared to state-of-the-art approaches that rely on CT images. Our method bypasses the need for CT-based RSP calculation, providing a more streamlined and cost-effective solution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20861,"journal":{"name":"Radiation Physics and Chemistry","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 112545"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143035276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fabrication of Kevlar based shielding material for attenuation of ionizing radiations

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112540

Shubham Ghag , Shivanand Bhushan , Sibi Oommen , Suhas Yeshwant Nayak , J.P. Jaideep , S.V. Suryanarayana , P.M. Prajapati , Sachin Shet , Subbaiah Kv , Paresh Prajapati

{"title":"Fabrication of Kevlar based shielding material for attenuation of ionizing radiations","authors":"Shubham Ghag , Shivanand Bhushan , Sibi Oommen , Suhas Yeshwant Nayak , J.P. Jaideep , S.V. Suryanarayana , P.M. Prajapati , Sachin Shet , Subbaiah Kv , Paresh Prajapati","doi":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112540","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this study is to fabricate a flexible, lightweight and less toxic alternative to pure lead for shielding against ionizing radiation. Composite material based on room temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber with different weight percentages of tungsten carbide, bismuth oxide and a smaller percentage of lead enrichment with Aramid fibre were fabricated. The mechanical parameters like tensile strength, percentage elongation at break, and physical property like density were measured for the prepared composites. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) was performed for visualisation and characterization of the prepared composite. Radiation attenuation parameters like determination of Half Value Layer (HVL), Tenth Value Layer (TVL), Linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) & Mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) were carried out. Morphological and mechanical observations showed that the composition with 20% tungsten carbide: 60% Bismuth Oxide and 20% Lead showed superior mechanical properties as the concentration of Bismuth Oxide increased across the filler matrix. The sample prepared with 40 % tungsten carbide: 40% Bismuth Oxide and 20 % of Lead (TSN 3) exhibited good radiation shielding properties against the commonly used radioisotopes. Monte Carlo Neutron-Photon (MCNP) Simulation tools, are used to estimate the attenuation parameters, which are later experimentally determined using a radioactive source (Cesium-137) and Sodium Iodide detector for TSN-3 with the elemental composition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20861,"journal":{"name":"Radiation Physics and Chemistry","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 112540"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143035288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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