Procedures and results obtained in the installation process of a microcomputers cluster (Linux and PVM) to reduce processing time in MCNP simulations are described. The necessities and specificity concerned to the hardware, the Linux operational system, the PVM software package and an adequated compiled version for MCNP4B are presented. The system was tested to verify the gain in the processing...

Introduction: Investigation of radiation interaction with living organs has always been a thrust area in medical and radiation physics. The investigated results are being used in medical physics for developing improved and sensitive techniques and minimizing radiation exposure. In this study, mass attenuation coefficients of different human organs and biological materials such as adipose, blood...

 ABSTRACTBackground: An electron beam generated X-ray spectrum consists of characteristic X-ray and continuous bermsstrahlung. The aim of this research is calculating and comparing X-ray spectra for different target filter of mammograms. Materials and Methods: Monte Carlo is a very powerful tool to simulate a series of different target-filter assembly in order to calculate the X-ray spectra. MC...

Standard neutron fields are invariably accompanied by a photon component due to the neutron-generating reactions and secondary neutron interactions in the surrounding environment. A set of energy-compensated Geiger-Müller (GM) tubes and electronic personal dosemeters (EPDs) have been used to measure the photon dose rates in a number of standard radionuclide and accelerator-based neutron fields....

The axial distribution of energy deposited in bremsstrahlung conversion targets is modelled using the Monte Carlo N -Particle (MCNP) code. Systems comprising a disc-shaped target, segmented axially, and a point source of paraxial, monoenergetic electrons (2, 7, 10, or 14 MeV) are considered. Thick tantalum and aluminium targets and also tantalum targets of optimum thickness are modelled. Energy...

introduction one of the best methods in the diagnosis and control of breast cancer is mammography. the importance of mammography is directly related to its value in the detection of breast cancer in the early stages, which leads to a more effective treatment. the purpose of this article was to calculate the x-ray spectrum in a mammography system with monte carlo codes, including mcnpx and mcnp5...

In our most recent study of normal aging, we found decreased concentration of multiple chemicals in the brain of middle-aged subjects, as compared with younger subjects using in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS). We hypothesized that these age-dependent differences in brain chemistry changes might be a reflection of the multichemical-networking-profile (MCNP) changes during...

In this study, a semi-empirical calibration method for NORM samples measurement by using LaBr3(Ce) scintillator was developed based on combination of experimental gamma spectrometry measurements and MCNP-X simulations. The aim work is to provide us with full energy peak efficiency curves in wide photon range which particular importance when selected energies 234Th, 214Pb, 214Bi, 228Ac, 208Tl 22...

Abstract We evaluate Beer–Lambert (BL) ray-tracing and Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) photon tracking simulations for prediction comparison of x-ray imaging system performance. These simulation tools can aid the methodical design laboratory-scale particle image velocimetry (XPIV) experiments tracer particles by predicting quality. Particle signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is used as metric Simulated ...