Dosimetry of the boron neutron capture reaction for BNCT and BNCEFNT

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Burmeister, Jay ^b   Kota, Chandrasekhar ^c   Maughan, Richard L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture enhanced fast neutron therapy; Boron neutron capture therapy; Microdosimetry

Indexed keywords

BORON 10;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION;

EID: 0032694286     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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