TY - JOUR

T1 - Computer simulation of radiation dose absorption in biological specimens

AU - Kalatusha, O.A.

AU - Ruban, O.V.

AU - Nemnyugin, S.A.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The radiation in biological tissues is considered. It is studied how the kind of a biological tissue determined by its chemical composition and physical characteristics, as well as the beam parameters, affect the radiation depth-dose distribution. Numerical results are obtained using the application using the software package Geant4. The results of our simulations may be us ed for better understanding of processes that play a crucial role in hadron therapy. The efficiency of hadron therapy is based on the Bragg peak phenomenon and more precise localization of the biological effect of a therapeutic beam.

AB - The radiation in biological tissues is considered. It is studied how the kind of a biological tissue determined by its chemical composition and physical characteristics, as well as the beam parameters, affect the radiation depth-dose distribution. Numerical results are obtained using the application using the software package Geant4. The results of our simulations may be us ed for better understanding of processes that play a crucial role in hadron therapy. The efficiency of hadron therapy is based on the Bragg peak phenomenon and more precise localization of the biological effect of a therapeutic beam.

KW - dose-depth distribution

KW - radiation therapy

KW - hadron therapy

KW - Bragg peak

KW - Monte-Carlo simulation

M3 - Article

VL - 4

SP - 41

EP - 50

JO - Mathematical Modelling and Geometry

JF - Mathematical Modelling and Geometry

SN - 2311-1275

IS - 1

ER -