Research of metrological characteristics of the developed hardware and methodological complex, ensuring the transfer of a unit of absorbed dose rate to installations used in neutron radiation therapy

S.G. Fedorov

FSUE “VNIIFTRI”, Mendeleevo, Moscow region, Russia;
fedorov911@gmail.com

Al’manac of Modern Metrology № 2 (42) 2025, pages 91–97

Abstract. This article discusses the widespread use of nuclear physics installations for radiation therapy in modern medicine. The author analyzes existing nuclear physics instal­­lations, highlighting limitations on transmission methods and means of both structural and physical nature. The developed hardware and methodological complex are described, based on the scintillation method of recording ionizing radiation, which allows measu­ring the absorbed dose rate of neutron radiation. Particular attention is paid to the sta­bility of the complex and the study of its metrological characteristics. The importance of the developed method for transmitting the unit of absorbed dose rate of neutron radia­tion to ensure the uniformity of measurements in the field of clinical dosimetry is discus­sed in the work. The uncertainty budget of measurements of the developed method and means of transmission is also presented. The author emphasizes the importance of the deve­loped complex for conducting measurements in mixed gamma-neutron fields at nuclear physics installations in the context of radiation therapy on fast neutrons.

Keywords: absorbed dose, radiation therapy, transmission method, nuclear physics installations, neutron radiation, measurement uncertainty.

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