Miniature tissue-equivalent proportional counters for BNCT and BNCEFNT dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1911-1925

  Burmeister, Jay ^a   Kota, Chandrasekhar ^a   Maughan, Richard L ^a   Waker, Anthony J ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

BNCEFNT tissue equivalent proportional counters; BNCT; Dosimetry; Microdosimetry

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHARGED PARTICLES; DOSIMETRY; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BNCT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

NEUTRONS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034806317     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1398303     Document Type: Article

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