몬테카를로 방법에 의한 6MV 선형가속기의 광자 흡수선량 분포 평가에 관한 연구
A Study on Photon Dose Calculation in 6MV Linear Accelerator Based on Monte Carlo Method
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본 연구에서는 Geant4 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 Varian 2100C/D 선형가속기의 헤드 부분과 다엽콜리메이터를 모델링한 후 6MV 광자 선속에 대해 선량분포 평가의 기본이 되는 물팬텀(50×50×50cm3) 내에서의 심부선량백분율(Percentage depth dose)과 측면선량(lateral dose)에 대해 검출기를 이용한 측정 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교 평가하였다. 시뮬레이션은 두 단계로 나누어 진행하였다. 첫 번째 단계에서 타겟을 통해 나오는 광자의 에너지 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 다음 단계에서 셈플링한 에너지 스펙트럼에 따라 광자를 직접 팬텀에 조사하는 방식으로 수행하였다. 실험 결과 5×5cm2와 10×10cm2 조사야에서의 심부선량백분율과 16mm, 50mm, 100mm에서 측정한 측면 선량 모두 측정값과 비교하여 2% 이내의 오차를 보여 임상적으로 허용범위 안의 오차를 확인하였고 다엽콜리메이터의 정확도는 1mm 이내의 오차를 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 연구 결과를 기초로 한 계산적 방법은 오차가 많이 발생하는 비균질성 조직 내에서의 선량분포 연구와 DICOM 데이터를 적용한 선량 계산 시뮬레이션 응용에서 활용하기 위해 선행되어야 하는 기초 자료로서 활용가치가 있다고 판단된다.
Abstract
In this study we modeled the varian 2100C/D linear accelerator head and multi-leaf collimator by simulation with the GEANT4 Monte Carlo toolkit. Then central axis percentage depth dose profiles and lateral dose profiles within homogeneous water phantom(50×50×50cm3) were evaluated with 6MV photon beam. The simulations were performed in two stages. In the first stage, photon energy spectrum at the target were computed were computed. Then spectra data was directly irradiated in the water phantom using sampling techniques. The simulation data were compared with experimental data to evaluate the accuracy of the model. Results showed that two data were matched within 2% error boundary. The proposed method will be applied for simulation of dose calculation and dose distribution study.
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