Dear Riya Day
I am not sure that I understand, do you want to score kerma or dose?
Foe kerma, threshold should be as high as possible, just below the energy
of your primary photon.
For dose..as low as possible
Scoring can be done with USRBIN in energy
Regards
Paola
> Dear FLUKA Experts,
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> What transport cutoff values should be used to determine air kerma ??
> Also, what should be scored in USRBIN ??
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> For low-energy photons, kerma is numerically approximately the same as
> absorbed dose. For higher-energy photons, kerma is larger than absorbed
> dose
> because some highly energetic secondary electrons and X-rays escape the
> region of interest before depositing their energy. The escaping energy is
> counted in kerma, but not in absorbed dose.
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> With regards,
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> Riya Dey
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Paola Sala
INFN Milano
tel. Milano +39-0250317374
tel. CERN +41-227679148
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Received on Sat Jul 14 2018 - 19:47:08 CEST