title: [Leakage radiations in a medical electron accelerator facility--X-rays and capture gamma-rays].
abstract: Absorbed dose rates of photons are measured in the maze of a medical electron accelerator facility. Radiations in the maze include high energy recoiled electrons other than low energy reflected X-rays. An ionization chamber for low energy X-rays is used for measurement, and is put in a build-up cap thick enough to obstruct the recoiled electrons of which contribution to the chamber output comes sometimes equal to that of X-rays. Dose rates of capture gamma-rays in the maze are estimated applying the calculation of neutron dose equivalent rates reported in the preceding paper. It is proved that capture gamma-rays are dominant in the dose rates measured in the maze at 14 MV X-ray generation. The estimated absorbed dose rates of total photons including capture gamma-rays and reflected X-rays agree with the measured ones in the range from +10% to -27%.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima City Asa Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishimatsu
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation