Shielding calculations for a 250 MeV hospital-based proton accelerator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 254-268

  Agosteo, Stefano ^a   Arduini, Gianluigi ^b,f   Bodei, Giorgio ^a   Monti, Stefano ^c   Padoani, Franca ^c   Silari, Marco ^d   Tinti, Renato ^c   Tromba, Giuliana ^e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Italiana Ric sul Cancro   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITALS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION SHIELDING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CONCRETE WALL; FLUKA COMPUTER CODE; HADRONTHERAPY CENTRE; LCS COMPUTER CODE; PROTON ACCELERATOR;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030141549     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(96)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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