2016
Analysis of the relationship between neutron dose and Cerenkov photons under neutron irradiation through Monte Carlo method
Shu D, Tang X, Guan F, Geng C, Yu H, Gong C, Zhang X, Chen D. Analysis of the relationship between neutron dose and Cerenkov photons under neutron irradiation through Monte Carlo method. Radiation Measurements 2016, 93: 35-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerenkov photonsTotal neutron doseNeutron doseWater phantomCerenkov threshold energyNeutron beam energyNeutron dose measurementsNeutron energy spectrumMonte Carlo toolkitCerenkov radiationSecondary electronsBeam energyNeutron energyThreshold energyEnergy spectrumMonoenergetic neutronsPhotonsDose measurementsMonte Carlo methodNeutron irradiationNeutronsCarlo methodEnergyCentral axisPhantomMonte Carlo simulations of 3He ion physical characteristics in a water phantom and evaluation of radiobiological effectiveness
Taleei R, Guan F, Peeler C, Bronk L, Patel D, Mirkovic D, Grosshans DR, Mohan R, Titt U. Monte Carlo simulations of 3He ion physical characteristics in a water phantom and evaluation of radiobiological effectiveness. Medical Physics 2016, 43: 761-776. PMID: 26843239, DOI: 10.1118/1.4939440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonte Carlo codeEnergy depositionCarlo codeLineal energyEnergy distributionRadiation beam qualitiesSecondary particle productionDifferent Monte Carlo codesDepth dose curvesPrimary beam parametersGaussian energy distributionMonte Carlo systemHelium ionsBeam qualityMicrodosimetric parametersMonte Carlo methodBeam parametersEnergy spectrumIncident beamBragg curveRadiobiological effectivenessBragg peakHalf maximumProton doseFull width
2015
A Novel Algorithm for Solving the True Coincident Counting Issues in Monte Carlo Simulations for Radiation Spectroscopy
Guan F, Johns JM, Vasudevan L, Zhang G, Tang X, Poston JW, Braby LA. A Novel Algorithm for Solving the True Coincident Counting Issues in Monte Carlo Simulations for Radiation Spectroscopy. Health Physics 2015, 108: 574-579. PMID: 25905518, DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000000185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-purity germanium detectorDetection efficiencyRadiation spectroscopyGermanium detectorCoincident countsGeant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkitSimulated pulse height spectraMonte Carlo simulation toolkitPulse height spectraRadiation fieldRadiation sourceCoincident radiationNuclear fissionHeight spectraMonte Carlo methodSource particlesSimulation toolkitSpectroscopy problemsMonte Carlo simulationsDetectorCarlo methodCarlo simulationsSpectroscopySpectraNuclear fuel