Monte Carlo tools to supplement experimental microdosimetric spectra

Sabina Chiriotti Alvarez; Davide Moro; Valeria Conte; Paolo Colautti; Emiliano D'Agostino; Edmond Sterpin; Stefaan Vynckier; Filip Vanhavere

doi:10.1093/rpd/nct248

Monte Carlo tools to supplement experimental microdosimetric spectra

Sabina Chiriotti Alvarez, Davide Moro, Valeria Conte, Paolo Colautti, Emiliano D'Agostino, Edmond Sterpin, Stefaan Vynckier, Filip Vanhavere

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Abstract

Tissue-equivalent proportional counters (TEPCs) are widely used in experimental microdosimetry for characterising the radiation quality in radiation protection and radiation therapy environments. Generally, TEPCs are filled with tissue-equivalent gas mixtures, at low gas pressure, to simulate tissue site sizes similar to the cell nucleus (1 or 2 µm). The TEPC response using Monte Carlo (MC) codes can be applied to supplement experimental measurements. Most of general-purpose MC codes currently available recourse to the condensed-history approach to model the electron transport and do not transport low-energy electrons (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	454-458
Journal	Radiation protection dosimetry
Volume	161
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nct248
State	Published - 16 Oct 2013
Event	NEUDOS 2013 -12th Symposium on Neutron and Ion Dosimetry - IRSN- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Aix-en-provence Duration: 3 Jun 2013 → 7 Jun 2013

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