In-phantom two-dimensional thermal neutron distribution for intraoperative boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2387-2396

  Yamamoto, T ^a,c   Matsumura, A ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Kumada, H ^b   Shibata, Y ^a   Nose, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

THERMAL NEUTRON DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GOLD; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0037151131     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/14/302     Document Type: Article

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