Characteristics of boron-dose enhancer dependent on dose protocol an10B concentration for BNCT using near-threshold 7Li(p,n)7Be direct neutrons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-177

  Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Kobayashi, Tooru ^b   Bengua, Gerard ^b   Nakagawa, Yoshinobu ^c   Endo, Satoru ^a   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BORON-DOSE ENHANCER (BDE); DOSE PROTOCOLS; TREATABLE PROTOCOL DEPTH (TPD); TRETABLE DOSE;

DOSIMETRY;

BERYLLIUM; BORON; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BORON; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POLYETHYLENE; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 13244290164     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/1/013     Document Type: Article

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