A parameter study to determine the optimal source neutron energy in boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4277-4292

  Nievaart, Victor A ^a,b   Moss, R L ^b   Kloosterman, J L ^a   van der Hagen, T H J J ^a   van Dam, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LITHIUM; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TUMORS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); HUMAN TISSUES; OPTIMAL SOURCE NEUTRON ENERGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

BORON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SKIN; SKULL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 4644361188     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/18/006     Document Type: Article

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