An epithermal facility for treating brain gliomas at the TAPIRO reactor

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 987-991

  Burn, K W ^a   Casalini, L ^a   Martini, S ^b   Mazzini, M ^b   Nava, E ^a   Petrovich, C ^a   Rosi, G ^c   Sarotto, M ^a   Tinti, R ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantom; Epithermal column; Fast reactor; MCNP; Monte Carlo; Therapeutic figures of merit

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN TOOLS; EPITHERMAL FACILITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REACTOR; REDUCTION;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; ITALY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4143063728     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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