Study of Effective Atomic Number and Electron Density for Tissues from Human Organs in the Energy Range of 1 keV–100 GeV

Abstract

Effective atomic numbers' (Z(eff)) effective electron density (N(el)) for human organs and tissues have been computed in the energy region of 1 keV to 100 GeV using WinXCOM. The computed data of Z(eff) and N(el) are tabulated. The computed values are compared with previous results. The computed data of Z(eff)and N(el)for almost all tissues (34 tissues of different human organs) in the given energy range are not available in literature and find application in radiotherapy and dosimetry.

Measurement of absorption edge parameters near K edge for the compounds of Zn, Zr, Cd, Ba and Pb

“…For the measurements of Jump factor (J K ) [30], given by eq. (1), the values of K α X-ray production cross-section ( X Kα σ ), total atomic interaction cross-section ( t σ ), total scattering cross-section at incident gamma-rays of energy 59.54 KeV ( s t σ ), fluorescence yield (ω K ) and…”

“…To understand the chemical structure, physical and biological properties of a compound, the knowledge of effective atomic number (Z eff ) [25][26][27][28][29][30][31] of material is the most important parameter. Effective atomic number of some boron compounds and trammel sieve waste with a new computer program ZXCOM is given by Yalcin et al [32].…”

Photon Absorption characteristics of some selected Enzyme Inhibitors used in Cancer Research in the Energy range 1 keV-100 GeV

“…The correct values of these parameters are important in applied science such as calculations of absorbed dose in radiotherapy, medical physics, nuclear industry, radiation physics and shielding. Many researcher and research groups have investigated the total mass attenuation coef icient, effective atomic number and electron density [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Sayyed et al [4], calculated the effective atomic numbers and electron densities of six analgesic and anti-in lammatory drugs in the energy range 1 keV to 100 MeV.…”

“…Manjunatha [15], computed the total mass attenuation coef icients, effective atomic numbers and electron densities of some hormones in the wide energy range 1 keV-100 GeV using the WinXCOM. Manjunatha and Rudraswamy [16], calculated the effective atomic numbers and electrons densities of human organs and tissues in the energy region 1 keV to 100 GeV. Kaçal et al [17], measured the mass attenuation coef icients of the some elements at 59.5 and 88.0 keV energies using the different three detectors.…”

Collisional, radiative and total electron interaction in compound semiconductor detectors and solid state nuclear track detectors: Effective atomic number and electron density

“…There are plenty of studies available on Z eff and N e of different materials for photon interaction (Baştuğ et al, 2010;Cevik et al 2008;Han et al 2012;Kucuk et al 2013;Kurudirek et al 2010Kurudirek et al , 2011Kurudirek and Topcuoglu, 2011;Manohara et al 2008aManohara et al , 2008bManohara et al , 2009Manjunatha and Rudraswamy, 2013;Manjunathaguru and Umesh, 2006;Mann et al, 2012;Önder et al, 2012;Polat and Icelli, 2010;Rudraswamy et al 2010;Shivaramu et al 2001;Singh and Badiger, 2014;Taylor et al 2012;Un and Demir, 2013). However, studies on Z eff and N e based on electron interactions are very scarce (Taylor et al, 2009;Guru Prasad et al, 1997;Parthasaradhi et al, 1989;Taylor, 2011;Kurudirek, 2014aKurudirek, , 2014b.…”