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Radionuclides and Activity of the Patient Apertures Used in a Proton Beam of Wobbling System
B.Y. Wang*, H.H. Chen , H.Y. Tsai , R.J. Sheu
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SU-E-T-666 (Sunday, July 12, 2015) 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Room: Exhibit Hall
Purpose:
To identify the radionuclides and quantify the activity of the patient apertures used in a 190- MeV proton beam of wobbling system.
Methods:
A proton beam of wobbling system in the first proton center in Taiwan, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, was used to bombard the patient apertures. The patient aperture was composed of 60.5 % copper, 39.4 % Zinc, 0.05 % iron, 0.05 % lead. A protable high-purity germanium (HPGe) coaxial detector was used to measure the spectra of the induced nuclides of patient apertures. The analysis of the spectra and the identification of the radionuclides were preliminarily operated by the Nuclide Navigator III Master Library. On the basis of the results by Nuclide Navigator III Master Library, we manually selected the reliable nuclides by the gamma-ray energies, branching ratio, and half life. In the spectra, we can quantify the activity of radionuclides by the Monte Carlo efficiency transfer method.
Results:
In this study, the radioisotopes activated in patient apertures by the 190-MeV proton beam were divided into two categories. The first category is long half-life radionuclides, such as Co-56 (half life, 77.3 days). Other radionuclides of Cu-60, Cu-61, Cu-62, Cu-66, and Zn-62 have shorter half life. The radionuclide of Cu-60 had the highest activity. From calculation with the efficiency transfer method, the deviations between the computed results and the measured efficiencies were mostly within 10%.
Conclusion:
To identify the radionuclides and quantify the activity helps us to estimate proper time intervals for cooling the patient apertures.
Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: This study was supported by the grants from the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CMRPD1C0682).
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