Discrimination of various contributions to the absorbed dose in BNCT: Fricke-gel imaging and intercomparison with other experimental results

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 765-772

  Gambarini, G ^a,f   Agosteo, S ^b,f   Marchesi, P ^a   Nava, E ^c   Palazzi, P ^a   Pecci, A ^a   Rosi, G ^d   Tinti, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DOSIMETERS; GELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZING RADIATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FERROUS SULPHATE GEL PHANTOM; FRICKE GEL IMAGING; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; THERMAL COLUMN; THERMAL NEUTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

FERROUS SULFATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GEL; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GELS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034670292     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00220-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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