FLUENCE TO EFFECTIVE DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS FOR PROTONS FROM 5 MEV TO 10 TEV

Authors
FERRARI A PELLICCIONI M PILLON M
Citation
A. Ferrari et al., FLUENCE TO EFFECTIVE DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS FOR PROTONS FROM 5 MEV TO 10 TEV, Radiation protection dosimetry, 71(2), 1997, pp. 85-91
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Radiation protection dosimetry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01448420
Volume
71
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
85 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-8420(1997)71:2<85:FTEDCC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Conversion coefficients from proton fluence to effective dose have bee n calculated by the FLUKA code for various geometrical conditions of i rradiation of an anthropomorphic phantom placed in a vacuum. Calculati ons have been performed for monoenergetic protons of energy ranging fr om 5 MeV to 10 TeV. Since no conversion coefficients in terms of effec tive dose are known at present for protons, this paper closes an impor tant data gap.