A detailed study on the neutron contamination for a 10 MeV medical electron accelerator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Chen, C C ^a   Sheu, R J ^b   Yeh, C Y ^c   Lin, U T ^d   Jiang, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bubble detector; LINAC; Monte Carlo; Neutron; Proportional counter

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTODETECTORS;

BUBBLE DETECTORS; KERSEY METHOD; LINAC; NEUTRON CONTAMINATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33744800277     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.089     Document Type: Article

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