Effects of boron neutron capture irradiation on the normal lung of rats

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 969-973

  Kiger, J L ^a   Kiger, W S ^b   Patel, H ^b   Binns, P J ^c   Riley, K J ^c   Hopewell, J W ^d   Harling, O K ^a   Coderre, J A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BNCT; Breathing rate; Lung; Radiation induced pneumonitis; RBE; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

AGE-MATCHED CONTROLS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE IRRADIATION;

NEUTRON BEAMS;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREATHING RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; LUNG; MALE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LUNG; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHENYLALANINE; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 4143115760     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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