Estimation of photon and neutron dose distributions in the THOR BNCT treatment room using dual TLD method

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 1089-1094

  Hsu, F Y ^a   Chiu, M C ^b   Chang, Y L ^a   Yu, C C ^b   Liu, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BNCT; Dual detector; Spatial dose; TLD

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BORON; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; DETECTORS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; PHOTONS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); IN-PLANE (IP); MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); NEUTRON DOSES; NEUTRON RESPONSE; NEUTRON SPECTRUM; WATER PHANTOM;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 44949206533     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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