Improvement of dose distribution in phantom by using epithermal neutron source based on the Be(p,n) reaction using a 30 MeV proton cyclotron accelerator

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 7-8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Tanaka, H ^a   Sakurai, Y ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Takata, T ^a   Masunaga, S ^a   Kinashi, Y ^a   Kashino, G ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Mitsumoto, T ^b   Yajima, S ^b   Tsutsui, H ^b   Takada, M ^c   Maruhashi, A ^a   Ono, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Be(p,n) reaction; Cyclotron based neutron source; Proton cyclotron

Indexed keywords

BE(P,N) REACTION; BEAM SCANNER; BEAM TRANSPORT SYSTEM; BEAM-SHAPING; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CERAMIC FILTERS; CONCENTRATION OF; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON SOURCE; FAST NEUTRONS; IRRADIATION TIME; KYOTO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTORS; MONTE CARLO CODES; NORMAL TISSUE; PROTON CYCLOTRON; PROTON CYCLOTRONS; REACTOR-BASED NEUTRON SOURCES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

ALUMINA; BERYLLIUM; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CYCLOTRONS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; PROTONS; TARGETS;

NEUTRONS;

BERYLLIUM; BORON 10; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BERYLLIUM; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CYCLOTRONS; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS;

EID: 67649388041     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.096     Document Type: Article

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