Combined use of FLUKA and MCNP-4A for the Monte Carlo simulation of the dosimetry of 10B neutron capture enhancement of fast neutron irradiations

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 885-891

  Pignol, Jean Philippe ^a   Cuendet, Pascal ^b   Brassart, Nicole ^c   Fares, Georges ^d   Colomb, Florence ^b   Diop, Cheikh M'Bake ^b   Sabattier, Roland ^e   Hachem, Ahmed ^d   Prevot, Gilles ^e  

^a Hopital du Hasenrain CH de Mulhouse   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^d Valrose   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Dosimetry; Fast neutrons; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; PHANTOMS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRON IRRADIATION; FAST NEUTRON SPECTRUMS; FAST NEUTRONS; NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; THERMAL NEUTRON SPECTRUM; THERMAL-NEUTRON FLUX; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

BERYLLIUM; BORON 10; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0031858003     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598264     Document Type: Article

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