The Munich fission neutron therapy facility MEDAPP at the research reactor FRM II

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 643-646

  Wagner, Franz M ^a   Kneschaurek, Peter ^b   Kastenmüller, Anton ^a   Loeper Kabasakal, Birgit ^a   Kampfer, Severin ^a,b   Breitkreutz, Harald ^a   Waschkowski, Wolfgang ^a   Molls, Michael ^b   Petry, Winfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fission neutron; Neutron dosimetry; Neutron source; Neutron therapy; Research reactor

Indexed keywords

COLLIMATOR; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FISSION NEUTRON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FAST NEUTRONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR FISSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESEARCH; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 58149147338     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1878-3     Document Type: Review

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