Designing accelerator-based epithermal neutron beams for boron neutron capture therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1725-1734

  Bleuel, D L ^a,b   Donahue, R J ^a   Ludewigt, B A ^a   Vujic, J ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator; BNCT; Epithermal neutron beam; Moderator design

Indexed keywords

BORON; MODERATORS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTON BEAMS;

ACCELERATOR-BASED NEUTRON SOURCES; BNCT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO N PARTICLE CODE; PROTON BEAM ENERGY; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

NEUTRONS;

BORON;

BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031661109     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598353     Document Type: Review

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