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Aluminum, Copper and Lead as Shielding Materials in 6 MeV Electron Therapy

6 MeV 전자선 치료 시 차폐물질로서 알루미늄, 구리, 납

  • 이승훈 (전북대학교 병원 방사선 종양학과) ;
  • 차석용 (전북대학교 병원 방사선 종양학과) ;
  • 이선영 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 방사선종양학 교실)
  • Received : 2013.11.20
  • Accepted : 2014.01.14
  • Published : 2014.02.28
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Abstract

During irradiation of lesions in cancer treatment with high energy electrons, normal tissue and critical organs are protected by the shielding material. Scattered radiation that generated the shielding materials affect the depth dose and atomic number. Therefore, we want to examine secondary particles and the scattered photons through calculation and its associated analysis, and compare the measurement for the aluminum, copper, and lead shielding substance of which thickness has 95% charge reduction. Dose change rate which effected scattering radiation was found to be +0.88% for material thickness, +0.43% for atomic number, and +19.70%, +15.20%, +12.40% for measurement, +25.00%, +15.10%, +13.70% for calculation on the aluminum, copper, and lead materials of which thickness has 95% charge reduction, respectively, As a result, we found that scattering rate was dependent on thickness than atomic number. In the dose increasing rate, scattered electrons are more important than scattered photon. For the above mentioned reasons, I think that high atomic number materials should be applied to reduce scattered radiation that generated with thickness effect.

고 에너지 전자선 치료에 있어서 차폐물질은 종양조직 외 정상조직이나 주요장기를 보호하기 위해 사용된다. 하지만 이러한 물질에서 발생되어지는 산란선은 심부선량에 영향을 줄 수 있으며, 물질원자번호에 따라 다르게 나타난다. 이에 차폐물질로써 사용가능한 알루미늄, 구리, 납 등의 다양한 원자번호 물질을 전하 감약율 95% 되는 두께로 하여 측정과 MCNPX 모의계산으로 산란율을 비교분석하였다. 산란선 영향을 많이 받는 표면의 선량변화율은 최대 물질두께에서 +0.88%, 원자번호에서 +0.43%의 영향을 받으며, 전하 감약율 95% 되는 두께의 알루미늄, 구리, 납 물질은 측정에서 +19.70%, +15.20%, +12.40% 계산에서 +25.00%, +15.10%, +13.70%를 보였다. 이로 인해 산란율은 물질두께가 원자번호보다 많은 영향을 주며, 산란전자가 광자보다 많은 기여를 하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이에 임상에서의 적절한 차폐물질은 두께영향 산란선이 적게 방출되는 고 원자번호물질이 적당하다고 사료된다.

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