Research Article

The Study of Dosimetric Characteristics of the XHA600D Medical Linear Accelerator Based on a Monte Carlo Code

Table 1

The main EGSnrc transport parameters used in this study.

EGSnrc transport parametersValue

Maximum step size (SMAX)5 cm
Maximum fractional energy loss/step (ESTEPE)0.25
Maximum first elastic scattering moment per step (XIMAX)0.5
Boundary crossing algorithmEXACT
Electron-step algorithmPRESTA-II
Brems angular samplingKM
Brems cross sectionsBH
Bound compton scatteringNorej
Compton cross sectionsDefault
Pair angular samplingSimple
Pair cross sectionsBH