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Jakubowski K, Chacon A, Tran LT, Stopic A, Garbe U, Bevitt J, Olsen S, Franklin DR, Rosenfeld A, Guatelli S, Safavi-Naeini M. A Monte Carlo model of the Dingo thermal neutron imaging beamline. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17415. [PMID: 37833371 PMCID: PMC10575880 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
In this study, we present a validated Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation model of the Dingo thermal neutron imaging beamline at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering. The model, constructed using CAD drawings of the entire beam transport path and shielding structures, is designed to precisely predict the in-beam neutron field at the position at the sample irradiation stage. The model's performance was assessed by comparing simulation results to various experimental measurements, including planar thermal neutron distribution obtained in-beam using gold foil activation and [Formula: see text]B[Formula: see text]C-coated microdosimeters and the out-of-beam neutron spectra measured with Bonner spheres. The simulation results demonstrated that the predicted neutron fluence at the field's centre is within 8.1% and 2.1% of the gold foil and [Formula: see text]B[Formula: see text]C-coated microdosimeter measurements, respectively. The logarithms of the ratios of average simulated to experimental fluences in the thermal (E[Formula: see text] 0.414 eV), epithermal (0.414 eV < E[Formula: see text] 11.7 keV) and fast (E[Formula: see text] 11.7 keV) spectral regions were approximately - 0.03 to + 0.1, - 0.2 to + 0.15, and - 0.4 to + 0.2, respectively. Furthermore, the predicted thermal, epithermal and fast neutron components in-beam at the sample stage position constituted approximately 18%, 64% and 18% of the total neutron fluence.
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- Klaudiusz Jakubowski
- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW 2234, Australia.
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Ionizing radiation and toll like receptors: A systematic review article. Hum Immunol 2021; 82:446-454. [PMID: 33812705 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2021.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ionizing radiation, including X and gamma rays, are used for various purposes such as; medicine, nuclear power, research, manufacturing, food preservation and construction. Furthermore, people are also exposed to ionizing radiation from their workplace or the environment. Apart from DNA fragmentation resulting in apoptosis, several additional mechanisms have been proposed to describe how radiation can alter human cell functions. Ionizing radiation may alter immune responses, which are the main cause of human disorders. Toll like receptors (TLRs) are important human innate immunity receptors which participate in several immune and non-immune cell functions including, induction of appropriate immune responses and immune related disorders. Based on the role played by ionizing radiation on human cell systems, it has been hypothesized that radiation may affect immune responses. Therefore, the main aim of this review article is to discuss recent information regarding the effects of ionizing radiation on TLRs and their related disorders.
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Jones B. Fast neutron energy based modelling of biological effectiveness with implications for proton and ion beams. Phys Med Biol 2021; 66:045028. [PMID: 33472183 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abddd0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A practical neutron energy dependent RBE model has been developed, based on the relationship between a mono-energetic neutron energy and its likely recoil proton energy. Essentially, the linear energy transfer (LET) values of the most appropriate recoil proton energies are then used to modify the linear quadratic model radiosensitivities (α and β) from their reference LET radiation values to provide the RBE estimates. Experimental neutron studies published by Hall (including some mono-energetic beams ranging from 0.2 to 15 MeV), Broerse, Berry, and data from the Clatterbridge and Detroit clinical neutron beams, which all contain some data from a spectrum of neutron energies, are used to derive single effective neutron energies (NEeff) for each spectral beam. These energies yield a recoil proton spectrum, but with an effective mean proton energy (being around 50% of NEeff). The fractional increase in LET is given by the recoil proton LET divided by the proton (LETU) value which provides the highest RBE. This ratio is then used to determine the change in the linear-quadratic model α and β parameters, from those of the reference radiation, to estimate the RBE. The predicted proton recoil RBE is then reasonably close to the experimental neutron RBE values found when taking into account the variation inherent in biological experiments. The work has some important consequences. The data of Hall et al (1975 Radiat. Res. 64 245-55) shows that the highest RBE values are found with neutron energies around 0.3-0.4 MeV, but this energy cannot possibly generate recoil proton energies which are higher, as necessary for a 0.68 MeV proton with a 30.5 keV μm-1 LETU (the LET value which provides the maximum obtainable RBE for a specified ion). For 0.4 MeV neutrons with proton recoil energies of around 0.2 MeV, the latter have a LET of around 62.88 keV μm-1. This could have an impact on proton beam RBE modelling. However, this is compensated by finding that the maximum radiosensitivity for mono-energetic neutrons was around 1.7 times larger than previously suggested from experimental ion beam studies, probably due to the necessary spreading out of Bragg peaks for ion beam experimental purposes, sampling errors and particle range considerations. This semi-empirical model can be used with minimal computer support and could have applications in ionic beams and in radioprotection.
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- Bleddyn Jones
- Gray Laboratory, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Research Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom. Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, 43 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HG, United Kingdom. Medical Physics, University College London, United Kingdom
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Noushinmehr R, Moussavi zarandi A, Hassanzadeh M, Payervand F. Simulation and design of individual neutron dosimeter and optimization of energy response using an array of semiconductor sensors. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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