Energy dependence of absorbed dose distributions in a soft tissue substitute for neutron dosimetry

中性子線量測定用ファントム材料内における吸収線量分布のエネルギー依存性について

津田 修一  ; 遠藤 章   ; 山口 恭弘

Tsuda, Shuichi; Endo, Akira; Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro

中性子線量測定用の物理ファントムを開発するために、人体軟組織等価材料を合成し、その特性試験を行った。0.565から65MeVの中性子源を用いて、材料内の吸収線量分布を測定し、モンテカルロ放射線輸送計算コードによる計算結果と比較した。同様の計算手法を用いて、0.1100MeVの中性子に対する吸収線量分布のエネルギー特性を評価した結果、開発した材料は100MeVまでのエネルギー範囲において人体軟組織に等価な特性を有することがわかった。

A solid material improved in hydrogen and oxygen contents was synthesized for development of a physical phantom for neutron. The elemental composition and density are aimed for those of the soft tissue in ICRU Report 44. The soft tissue equivalence has been verified by an absorbed dose measurement using a 252Cf neutron source. In the present work, absorbed doses were measured for the purpose of examinations of the characteristic of the synthesized soft tissue substitute for neutron of various energies, using mono-energetic 0.565 MeV neutrons from Li(p,n) reaction and 5 MeV from D(d,n) reaction, and quasi-mono-energetic ones (40 and 65 MeV) produced via Li(p,n) reaction. The measured absorbed doses were compared with those calculated by Monte Carlo simulation codes. The results indicate that the tissue substitute has a characteristic of soft tissue equivalence for neutron in the energy range from several hundred keV up to approximately 100 MeV.