The design, construction and performance of a variable collimator for epithermal neutron capture therapy beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2015-2028

  Riley, K J ^a   Binns, P J ^a   Ali, S J ^b   Harling, O K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; IONIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS;

FISSION CONVERTERS; PATIENT COLLIMATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BORON; BORON DERIVATIVE; EPOXY RESIN; GRAPHITE; LEAD; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FISSION NEUTRON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; OPTICS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; REACTOR; SIMULATION;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2942602842     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/10/012     Document Type: Article

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