This thesis is concerned with the creation, verification and implementation of a computer programme for simulating photon transport in diagnostic radiology. The programme is based on the Monte Carlo technique in which probabilistic problems are solved using random numbers. For this reason mathematical number generators along with a few standard tests which enable the randomness of the numbers to be evaluated are introduced. A discussion on sampling from probability distributions is presented with emphasis on the physical aspects of the Monte Carlo technique applied to low energy photon transport. The validity of the computer programme is established by comparisons with previously published Monte Carlo work, with predictions from an analytical photon transport model and with experimental measurements. The application of Monte Carlo simulations to specific radiographic problems are illustrated by the modeling of percent depth doses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61182 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Bussière, Marc R. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001275716, proquestno: AAIMM74857, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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