An approach for obtaining the intensity of the radiation transmitted through a scatterer

Monte Carlo simulation was applied to the investigation of intensity of the radiation transmitted through a scatterer. Simulations consisted of a pencil beam of monoenergetic photons with energies from 50 keV to 10 meV incident on water, aluminium, iron, copper, tin and lead slabs. We determined the scattered radiation and the scatter fractions recorded in the detector plane. An empirical formula, which is a function of the physical parameters scatterer thickness, the linear attenuation coefficient, and the atomic number was obtained for intensity of radiation transmitted through a scatterer. This work was supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [TBAG-2032 (101T053)].