Measurement of the neutron leakage from a dedicated intraoperative radiation therapy electron linear accelerator and a conventional linear accelerator for 9, 12, 15(16), and 18(20) MeV electron energies

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1711-1717

  Jaradat, Adnan K ^a   Biggs, Peter J ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble detectors; Electron beams; Linear accelerators; Neutron leakage; Track etch detectors

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BUBBLE DETECTOR; CONVENTIONAL MACHINES; ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; MOBILE LINEAR ACCELERATORS; NEUTRON BUBBLE DETECTORS; NEUTRON LEAKAGES; TRACK-ETCH DETECTORS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 42949088892     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2898144     Document Type: Article

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