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Appl Radiat Isot ; 68(3): 489-95, 2010 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20060307

ABSTRACT

Since 2003, radiopharmaceuticals for medical diagnostic purposes have been produced at the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear, in Brazil, using two cyclotron accelerators - CV-28 and RDS111. As a result of the ever increasing production, a diagnostic assessment to reduce neutron dose rates received by occupationally exposed individuals during irradiation processes has been developed. The purpose of this work is to present this assessment, which is currently being applied to both the Fluorine and Iodine targets of CV-28 and RDS111 cyclotron accelerators.


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Cesium Radioisotopes/analysis , Cyclotrons , Fluorine Radioisotopes/analysis , Neutrons , Occupational Exposure/analysis , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemistry , Humans , Neutron Activation Analysis , Radiation Dosage , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemical synthesis
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Radiat Prot Dosimetry ; 128(2): 227-33, 2008.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17569690

ABSTRACT

This work aims at presenting a study using Monte Carlo simulation of a Multileaf Shielding (MLS) System designed to be used for the protection of patients who undergo radiotherapy treatment, against undesired exposure to neutrons produced in the components of the medical linear accelerator heads. The choice of radiotherapy equipment as the subject of study fell on the Varian Clinac 2,100/2,300 with MLC-120 operating at 18 MeV. The general purpose Monte Carlo N-Particle radiation transport code, MCNP5, was used in the computer simulation in order to determine the ambient dose equivalent, H (10), on several points on the patient's plane, with the equipment operation with and without the MLS. The results of the simulations showed a significant neutron dose reduction after the inclusion of the proposed shielding.


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Neutrons/adverse effects , Particle Accelerators , Radiation Protection/instrumentation , Radiometry/methods , Radiotherapy, High-Energy/adverse effects , Body Burden , Humans , Monte Carlo Method , Radiation Dosage , Radiation Protection/methods , Relative Biological Effectiveness
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