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Benchmarking of Monte Carlo model of Siemens Oncor® linear accelerator for 18MV photon beam: determination of initial electron beam parameters
, Article Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology ; Volume 27, Issue 6 , 2 January , 2020 , Pages 1047-1070 ; Hoseini Ghafarokhi, M ; Bolagh, R. S. M ; Haghparast, M ; Zarifi, S ; Nickfarjam, A ; Farhood, B ; Chow, J. C. L ; Sharif University of Technology
IOS Press
2020
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to benchmark a Monte Carlo (MC) model of the 18 MV photon beam produced by the Siemens Oncor® linac using the BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc codes. METHODS: By matching the percentage depth doses and beam profiles calculated by MC simulations with measurements, the initial electron beam parameters including electron energy, full width at half maximum (spatial FWHM), and mean angular spread were derived for the 10×10 cm2 and 20×20 cm2 field sizes. The MC model of the 18 MV photon beam was then validated against the measurements for different field sizes (5×5, 30×30 and 40×40 cm2) by gamma index analysis. RESULTS: The optimum values for electron energy, spatial FWHM and mean...