A state-of-the-art epithermal neutron irradiation facility for neutron capture therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3725-3735

  Riley, K J ^a   Binns, P J ^a   Harling, O K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TISSUE;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); RADIOBIOLOGY;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROL SYSTEM; FISSION NEUTRON; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL BUILDING; MONITOR; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REACTOR; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444357127     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/16/018     Document Type: Article

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