A set of standard problem exercises intended to users of computational codes in radiation dosimetry was prepared by a Concerted Action funded by the European Commission. To objective of this exercise is to contribute to the quality assurance in the field of radiation dosimetry. More specifically the intention is to:

- Provide a snapshot of the methods and codes currently in use
- Furnish information on the methods used to assess the reliability of computational results
- Disseminate “good practice” throughout the radiation dosimetry community
- Provide the users of computational codes with anopportunity to quality assure their own procedures
- Inform the community about the benefits to be obtained from sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
- Inform the community about more sophisticated approaches that may be available to them

The following eight 'standard problem exercises' were prepared and are described in the QUADOS Document:

P1: Brachytherapy problem (Photons)
P2: Endovascular problem (Electrons)
P3: Proton eye treatment (Protons)
P4: TLD response function (Neutrons/Photons)
P5: Phantom backscatter (Photons)
P6: Estimation of environmental scatter (Neutrons)
P7: Spectra for Ge detector (Photons)
P8: Consistency check device (Neutrons)
 

You are kindly invited to download the report and select (and solve) the problem(s) that suit your interests.

For general questions please contact:
B.R.L Siebert
P.T.B. Braunschweig-Germany
Chairman of the QUADOS Concerted Action
Bernd.Siebert@ptb.de

For questions related to a specific problem please contact one of the authors of that problem.
The addresses are found in the QUADOS document.

Download QUADOS Document (Quados.zip) (Recommended, Size 0.5 MB)

View QUADOS Document (Quados.pdf) (Warning: this may take some time, Size 7.5 MB)

150 kV Wide Spectrum for Problem P-5 (X-150kV.txt)

200 kV Wide Spectrum for Problem P-5 (X-200kV.txt)

QUADOS Participation Form (RTF format)

last update: 9 February 2005