Development and construction of a neutron beam line for accelerator- based Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 203-214

  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); Neutron beam; Radiation synovectomy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BORON; CHARGED PARTICLES; DISEASES; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CHARGED PARTICLE REACTIONS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON CAPTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TANDEM ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATOR;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRICITY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033954647     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598885     Document Type: Article

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