BNCT microdosimetry at the tapiro reactor thermal column

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 579-586

  De Nardo, L ^a   Seravalli, E ^b   Rosi, G ^c   Esposito, J ^b   Colautti, P ^b   Conte, V ^b   Tornielli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON 10; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ITALY; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOBIOLOGY; REACTOR;

BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAST NEUTRONS; HEAT; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4644281703     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch206     Document Type: Article

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