Dose distributions in phantoms irradiated in thermal columns of two different nuclear reactors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 640-644

  Gambarini, Grazia ^a   Agosteo, S ^a   Altieri, S ^b   Bortolussi, S ^b   Carrara, M ^c   Gay, S ^a   Nava, E ^d   Petrovich, C ^c   Rosi, G ^e   Valente, M ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON 10;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249090061     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm181     Document Type: Article

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