Dosimetric comparison at FiR 1 using microdosimetry, ionisation chambers and computer simulation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 845-848

  Uusi Simola, J ^a   Seren T ^b   Seppala T ^c   Kosunen, A ^d   Auterinen, I ^b   Savolainen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Boneca Ltd   (Finland)

^d STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

BNCT; Epithermal neutron beam; Microdosimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; TISSUE;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); MICRODOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

BEAM THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST NEUTRONS; FINLAND; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4143090550     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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