Boron Neutron Capture Enhancement (BNCE) of fast neutron irradiation for glioblastoma: Increase of thermal neutron flux with heavy material collimation, a theoretical evaluation

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-30

  Paquis, Philippe ^a   Pignol, Jean Philippe ^b   Lonjon, Michel ^a   Brassart, Nicole ^c   Courdi, Adel ^c   Chauvel, Pierre ^c   Grellier, Patrick ^a   Chatel, Marcel ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital du Hasenrain CH de Mulhouse   (France)

^c CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

BNCT; BPA; Fast neutron; Glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

BORON; LEAD; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLLIMATOR; CYCLOTRON; GLIOBLASTOMA; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

BERYLLIUM; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST NEUTRONS; GLIOBLASTOMA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0032936507     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006115404262     Document Type: Article

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