An investigation of the feasibility of gadolinium for neutron capture synovectomy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1685-1692

  Gierga, D P ^a   Yanch, J C ^a   Shefer, R E ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Newton Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Boron neutron capture synovectomy (BNCS; Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); Gadolinium neutron capture synovectomy (GNCS); Neutron beam; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BORON; DISEASES; GADOLINIUM; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE; TREATMENT MODALITY;

NEUTRONS;

BERYLLIUM; BORON 10; GADOLINIUM; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY;

EID: 0033863263     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599037     Document Type: Article

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