Measurement of neutron ambient dose equivalent in passive carbon-ion and proton radiotherapies

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4782-4792

  Yonai, Shunsuke ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Matsui, Yuki ^b   Matsushita, Kaoru ^b   Yamashita, Haruo ^c   Numano, Masumi ^c   Sakae, Takeji ^d   Terunuma, Toshiyuki ^d   Nishio, Teiji ^e   Kohno, Ryosuke ^e   Akagi, Takashi ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^f HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Proton radiotherapy; Secondary neutron

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONS; NEUTRONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; DOUBLE SCATTERING; IRRADIATION FIELDS; MEASURED RESULTS; NEUTRON AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; PHOTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; SECONDARY NEUTRONS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ALUMINUM; AMERICIUM 241; BERYLLIUM; CARBON; COPPER; IRON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; NEUTRON; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND CANCER;

EID: 54949120658     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2989019     Document Type: Article

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