Monte Carlo optimisation of a BNCT facility for treating brain gliomas at the TAPIRO reactor

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 475-481

  Nava, Elisabetta ^a   Burn, K W ^a   Casalini, L ^a   Petrovich, C ^a   Rosi, G ^b   Sarotto, M ^a   Tinti, R ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31544436340     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci029     Document Type: Article

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