title: Computer simulations of nuclear reactions induced by incident protons in the energy range of 100 to 500 MeV in a human body.
abstract: Computer simulations of nuclear reactions induced by protons in a human body were carried out in the incident energy range from 100 to 500 MeV. Nuclear reactions by secondary particles produced at primary interactions are included. Nuclides produced by the secondary particles increase smoothly with increasing incident proton energy and they are about 15 and 45% of those produced by the primary protons at 150 and 500 MeV, respectively. The yield of product nuclides by the primary protons is approximately constant in the proton energy range above 150 MeV but drops sharply below 150 MeV.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kariya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011522:Protons