Characterisation of the TAPIRO BNCT epithermal facility

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 645-649

  Burn, K W ^a   Colli, V ^b   Curzio, G ^c   d'Errico, F ^c   Gambarini, Grazia ^b   Rosi, G ^d   Scolari, L ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644328084     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch161     Document Type: Article

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