Neutron production from a mobile linear accelerator operating in electron mode for intraoperative radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 695-702

  Loi, G ^a   Dominietto, M ^a   Cannillo, B ^a   Ciocca, M ^b   Krengli, M ^a   Mones, E ^a   Negri, E ^a   Brambilla, M ^a  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PATIENT MONITORING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG X-RAYS; MOBETRON MOBILE ELECTRON LINAC; NEUTRON LEAKAGE MEASUREMENTS; NEUTRON-SHIELDING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON THERAPY; ENERGY; FOIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; WORKLOAD; X RAY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 31344457778     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/014     Document Type: Article

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