The medical-irradiation characteristics for neutron capture therapy at the Heavy Water Neutron Irradiation Facility of Kyoto University Research Reactor

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2328-2337

  Sakurai, Yoshinori ^a   Kobayashi, Tooru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose distribution control; Epi thermal neutron irradiation; Mix irradiation of thermal and epi thermal neutrons; Neutron capture therapy; Thermal neutron irradiation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY WATER; NEUTRON LOGGING; NEUTRONS; RADIATION; REACTOR SHIELDING; RESEARCH REACTORS; TUMORS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; IRRADIATION FACILITIES; IRRADIATION MODES; KYOTO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTORS; MEDICAL IRRADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

BORON 10; DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; GAMMA RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0036797188     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1509444     Document Type: Article

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