Feasibility study on epithermal neutron field for cyclotron-based boron neutron capture therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2021-2030

  Yonai, Shunsuke ^a   Aoki, Takao ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Yashima, Hiroshi ^a   Baba, Mamoru ^a   Yokobori, Hitoshi ^b   Tahara, Yoshihisa ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Adv Reactor Technol Company Ltd   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BORON; IRON; MODERATORS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PHANTOMS; REACTOR CORES; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACCELERATOR-BASED BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPIES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; EQUIVALENT CONDITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; SIMULATION TRIALS; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY;

CYCLOTRONS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM TRIFLUORIDE; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CYCLOTRON; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0041888224     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1587431     Document Type: Article

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