Verification of the computational dosimetry system in JAERI (JCDS) for boron neutron capture therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3353-3365

  Kumada, H ^a,b   Yamamoto, K ^a   Matsumura, A ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b   Nakagawa, Y ^c   Nakai, K ^b   Kageji, T ^d  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); CLINICAL TRIALS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444311090     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/003     Document Type: Article

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