ABSTRACT
Objective:To evaluate the effects of orthogonal magnetic fields on the dose distribution of 6 MeV X-ray in a uniform water and heterogeneous phantoms.Methods:The Monte Carlo simulation software Gate v8.2 was used to investigate the dose distribution of X-ray beams of different field sizes in a uniform water phantom, water-air/bone-water layer phantom and" custom lung model" in the magnetic field strength of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 3.0 T, respectively. The relationship between the intensity of magnetic field and the dose distribution of X-rays in the phantoms was analyzed.Results:The existence of a magnetic field would cause the X-ray to shorten the built-up area in the water phantom; when the field was 10 cm×10 cm, the maximum dose on the central axis could change by up to 56.22%(3.0 T). The transverse dose distribution of the radiation field in the direction of the vertical magnetic field shifted to one side by up to 43.64%(-44.55%). The average dose of the air layer in the water-air-water phantom could be reduced by 57.4%(3.0 T). In the water-bone-water phantom, the dose at the proximal end of the bone layer was decreased by 16.5%, whereas the dose at the distal end was increased by 22.6%(1.5 T). The dose change in each layer in the customed lung model was positively correlated with the magnetic field strength.Conclusion:The existence of the orthogonal magnetic field will cause the change of X-ray dose distribution on the built-up area and both sides of the radiation field in the phantoms, which is more obvious adjacent to the interface of heterogeneous phantom.