Reference dosimetry at the neutron capture therapy facility at Studsvik

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1569-1579

  Munck af Rosenschold P M ^a   Giusti, V ^b   Ceberg, C P ^a   Capala, J ^c   Skold K ^c   Persson, B R R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BNCT; Dosimetry; Mixed beam

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; PHOTONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BNCT; CALIBRATION FACTORS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; MIXED BEAMS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON FLUENCES; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

NEUTRONS;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038372105     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1580484     Document Type: Article

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