Use of low-pressure tissue equivalent proportional counters for the dosimetry of neutron beams used in BNCT and BNCEFNT

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 535-548

  Kota, Chandrasekhar ^a   Maughan, Richard L ^a   Tattam, David ^b   Beynon, T Derek ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BNCEFNT dosimetry; BNCT dosimetry; Low pressure tissue equivalent proportional counters; Microdosimetry

Indexed keywords

BORON; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NEUTRON DOSE RATES; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

CALIFORNIUM 252; CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0034122435     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598921     Document Type: Article

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