A conceptual design of a beam-shaping assembly for boron neutron capture therapy based on deuterium-tritium neutron generators

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1116-1122

  Martín, Guido ^a   Abrahantes, Arian ^a  

^a CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DEUTERIUM; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; TRITIUM;

ASSEMBLY MATERIALS; BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLIES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; LINEAR DIMENSIONS; NEUTRON GENERATORS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES;

NEUTRONS;

BORON; DEUTERIUM; MANGANESE; TRITIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GENERATOR; IRRADIATION; MATERIALS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM;

TRITIUM;

EID: 2442692892     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1702308     Document Type: Article

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