Monte Carlo Simulation in the Optimization of a Free-Air Ionization Chamber for Dosimetric Control in Medical Digital Radiography

During the earliest tests of a free‐air ionization chamber a poor response to the X‐rays emitted by several sources was observed. Then, the Monte Carlo simulation of X‐rays transport in matter was employed in order to evaluate chamber behavior as X‐rays detector. The photons energy deposition dependence with depth and its integral value in all active volume were calculated. The obtained results reveal that the designed device geometry is feasible to be optimized.