A DOSIMETRIC DATABASE AND CORRELATION STUDY FOR PROTON-INDUCED SECONDARY PARTICLES

Nursel SAFAKATTI KARAKOC; Hiroshi WATABE; Peter Kwan Ngok YU; Dragana Ž. KRSTIC; Dragostav R. NIKEZIC; Zoran M. JOVANOVIC; Abut Katam Faztut HAQUE; Rafiqut ISLAM; Mehrdad SHAHMOHAMMADI BENI

doi:10.2298/NTRP2503175S

A DOSIMETRIC DATABASE AND CORRELATION STUDY FOR PROTON-INDUCED SECONDARY PARTICLES

Nursel SAFAKATTI KARAKOC
, Hiroshi WATABE
, Peter Kwan Ngok YU
, Dragana Ž. KRSTIC
, Dragostav R. NIKEZIC
, Zoran M. JOVANOVIC
, Abut Katam Faztut HAQUE
, Rafiqut ISLAM
, Mehrdad SHAHMOHAMMADI BENI^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physics

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Abstract

In response to the high demand for proton therapy as a cancer treatment method in recent years, comprehensive studies have been conducted to improve the accuracy of dose calculations. However, the secondary particles produced during proton irradiation at energies 70-250 MeV present significant challenges, as they may induce radiation-related damage in surrounding non-target tissues and materials. To address these issues, we developed an open-source database and computer program named Proton-induced Secondary Emission Database, ProtonSED. The present database incorporates National Institute of Standards and Technology compounds and elements in a unit-volume cylinder to determine the primary protons and secondary particles such as neutrons, photons, and alpha particles. The correlation matrices for energy deposition from primary protons and secondary particles were also determined. The present database and correlation matrix approach will be useful for irradiation involving high-energy proton beams.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	175-183
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP2503175S
Publication status	Published - 2025

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This work was sup ported by the Ja pan Society for the Pro motion of Science (JSPS) through JSPS KAKENHI (Grant No. 21F21103) and JSPS (Grant No. JPJSBP120218804), and by the City University of Hong Kong (Re search Grant Nos. 9229151 and 9220124).

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particle and heavy ion transport code system
Monte Carlo method
proton therapy
secondary emission database

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