title: Benchmark of penelope for low and medium energy X-rays.
abstract: The Monte Carlo code penelope is benchmarked for X-ray beams with energies between 30 and 300 keV. The results of different simulations performed with penelope are compared with those obtained with a semi-empirical computational model and with experimental measurements. Half-value layer indexes obtained from the attenuation curves for Al and Cu and depth dose curves in water have been considered for this comparison. A good agreement is reached on what guarantees the feasibility of the code.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chica
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anguiano
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lallena
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019985:Benchmarking; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D038622:Internationality; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012984:Software; D012986:Software Validation