학술논문
Relevance of Internal Bremsstrahlung photons from 90 Y decay: an experimental and Monte Carlo study.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Auditore L; Section of Radiological Sciences, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Italy; INFN, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Section of Catania, Italy.; Juget F; Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Italiano A; INFN, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Section of Catania, Italy; MIFT Department, University of Messina, Italy. Electronic address: italianoa@unime.it.; Pistone D; INFN, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Section of Catania, Italy; MIFT Department, University of Messina, Italy.; Nedjadi Y; Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Gnesin S; Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Amato E; Section of Radiological Sciences, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Italy; INFN, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Section of Catania, Italy.
Source
Publisher: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali Country of Publication: Italy NLM ID: 9302888 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1724-191X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 11201797 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Phys Med Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Internal Bremsstrahlung (IB) is a continuous electromagnetic radiation accompanying beta decay; however, this process is not considered in radiation protection studies, particularly when estimating exposure from beta-decaying radionuclides. The aims of the present work are: i) to show that neglecting the IB process in Monte Carlo (MC) simulation leads to an underestimation of the energy deposited in a ionization chamber, in the case of a high-energy pure beta emitter such as Yttrium-90 ( 90 Y), and ii) to determine the most reliable choice of source term for 90 Y IB to be used in MC simulations. For this radionuclide, commonly employed in nuclear medicine and radiochemistry applications, experimental data acquired with a well ionization chamber have been compared with Monte Carlo (MC) calculations carried out in the GAMOS framework. Simulations that do not include the effect of the IB process, are found to give results underestimating the experimental values by 12-14%. Consequently, two models for the IB energy spectra, previously described by Italiano et al. [1], have been implemented using MC simulation and a good agreement has been achieved with one of them. We therefore conclude that inclusion of IB process in Monte Carlo simulation packages is advisable for a more accurate and complete treatment of electromagnetic interactions.
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(Copyright © 2021 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)