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TY - CONF AU - Yu, Y.C. AU - Guo, H.D. AU - Hu, Y.Y. AU - Li, X.Y. AU - Lin, Y.J. AU - Tan, P. AU - Zhang, L.G. ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - The Monte Carlo Simulation for the Radiation Protection in a Nozzle of HUST-PTF J2 - Proc. of IBIC2018, Shanghai, China, 09-13 September 2018 CY - Shanghai, China T2 - International Beam Instrumentation Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - Nozzle is the core component in proton therapy machine, which is closest to the patient and is necessary to consider the radiation impacts on patients and machine. The ionization chamber and the range shifter in active scanning nozzle are the main devices in the beam path that affect the proton beam and produce secondary particles during the collision, causing damage to the patients and machine. In this paper, the spatial distribution of energy deposited in all regions, the distribution of the secondary particles of 70-250MeV proton beam in the nozzle in Huazhong University of Science and Technology Proton Therapy Facility(HUST-PTF) are studied with Monte Carlo software FLUKA in order to provide reference for radiation shielding design. Six types of materials commonly used today as range shifters are analyzed in terms of the influence on radiation, so that the most suitable material will be selected. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 232 EP - 235 KW - neutron KW - proton KW - radiation KW - photon KW - shielding DA - 2019/01 PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-95450-201-1 DO - DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-TUPA09 UR - http://jacow.org/ibic2018/papers/tupa09.pdf ER -