Organic Scintillator for Real-Time Neutron Dosimetry
Abstract
We have developed a radiation detector based on an organic scintillator for spectrometry and dosimetry of out-of-field secondary neutrons from clinical proton beams. The detector consists of an EJ-299-34 crystalline organic scintillator, coupled by fiber optic cable to a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). Proof of concept measurements were taken with 137Cs and 252Cf, and corresponding simulations were performed in MCNPX-PoliMi. Despite its small size, the detector is able to discriminate between neutron and gamma-rays via pulse shape discrimination. We simulated the response function of the detector to monoenergetic neutrons in the 100 keV–0 MeV range using MCNPX-PoliMi. The measured unfolded 252Cf neutron spectrum is in good agreement with the theoretical Watt fission spectrum. We determined the ambient dose equivalent by folding the spectrum with the fluence-to-ambient dose conversion coefficient, with a 1.4% deviation from theory. Some preliminary proton beam experiments were preformed at the Bronowice Cyclotron Center patient treatment facility using a clinically relevant proton pencil beam for brain tumor and craino-spinal treatment directed at a child phantom.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Krakow (Poland). Henryk Niewodniczanski Inst. of Nuclear Physics
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1454834
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002534; G019737
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 180; Journal Issue: 1-4; Journal ID: ISSN 0144-8420
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Beyer, Kyle A., Di Fulvio, Angela, Stolarczyk, Liliana, Parol, Wiktor, Moj?eszek, Natalia, Kopec, Renata, Clarke, Shaun D., and Pozzi, Sara A. Organic Scintillator for Real-Time Neutron Dosimetry. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncx255.
Beyer, Kyle A., Di Fulvio, Angela, Stolarczyk, Liliana, Parol, Wiktor, Moj?eszek, Natalia, Kopec, Renata, Clarke, Shaun D., & Pozzi, Sara A. Organic Scintillator for Real-Time Neutron Dosimetry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx255
Beyer, Kyle A., Di Fulvio, Angela, Stolarczyk, Liliana, Parol, Wiktor, Moj?eszek, Natalia, Kopec, Renata, Clarke, Shaun D., and Pozzi, Sara A. Wed .
"Organic Scintillator for Real-Time Neutron Dosimetry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncx255. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1454834.
@article{osti_1454834,
title = {Organic Scintillator for Real-Time Neutron Dosimetry},
author = {Beyer, Kyle A. and Di Fulvio, Angela and Stolarczyk, Liliana and Parol, Wiktor and Moj?eszek, Natalia and Kopec, Renata and Clarke, Shaun D. and Pozzi, Sara A.},
abstractNote = {We have developed a radiation detector based on an organic scintillator for spectrometry and dosimetry of out-of-field secondary neutrons from clinical proton beams. The detector consists of an EJ-299-34 crystalline organic scintillator, coupled by fiber optic cable to a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). Proof of concept measurements were taken with 137Cs and 252Cf, and corresponding simulations were performed in MCNPX-PoliMi. Despite its small size, the detector is able to discriminate between neutron and gamma-rays via pulse shape discrimination. We simulated the response function of the detector to monoenergetic neutrons in the 100 keV–0 MeV range using MCNPX-PoliMi. The measured unfolded 252Cf neutron spectrum is in good agreement with the theoretical Watt fission spectrum. We determined the ambient dose equivalent by folding the spectrum with the fluence-to-ambient dose conversion coefficient, with a 1.4% deviation from theory. Some preliminary proton beam experiments were preformed at the Bronowice Cyclotron Center patient treatment facility using a clinically relevant proton pencil beam for brain tumor and craino-spinal treatment directed at a child phantom.},
doi = {10.1093/rpd/ncx255},
journal = {Radiation Protection Dosimetry},
number = 1-4,
volume = 180,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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