Neutron spectra and dosimetric features around an 18 MV linac accelerator

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-58

  Barquero, R ^a   Mendez, R ^b   Vega Carrillo, H R ^c   Iniguez M P ^b   Edwards, T M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Monte Carlo; Neutron dosimetry; Spectrometry, neutron

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 12844288616     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000142500.32040.ac     Document Type: Article

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