Measurements of neutron effective doses and attenuation lengths for shielding materials at the heavy-ion medical accelerator in Chiba

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-479

  Kumamoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^b   Sato, Yukio ^b   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^b   Murakami, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attenuation; Effective dose; Neutrons; Shielding

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY ION; IRON; NEON; PLASTIC; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; DEVICE; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAVY ION RADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCINTILLATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAVY IONS; IRON; JAPAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 17144369186     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000154026.39382.36     Document Type: Article

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