Evaluation of neutron dose in the maze of medical electron accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2520-2525

  Carinou, E ^a   Kamenopoulou, V ^a   Stamatelatos, I E ^b  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; MCNP code; Medical accelerator maze; Neutron dose

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; MCNP CODE; MCNP SIMULATIONS; MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON DOSE; SHIELDING MATERIALS;

NEUTRONS;

BARIUM SULFATE; CEMENT; CONCRETE; POLYETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033429671     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598787     Document Type: Review

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