Overview of the IBA accelerator-based BNCT system

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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

  Forton, E ^a   Stichelbaut, F ^a   Cambriani, A ^a   Kleeven, W ^a   Ahlback, J ^a   Jongen, Y ^a  

^a IBA Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accelerator based BNCT; BSA; Dynamitron; Target

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR-BASED BNCT; BEAM-SHAPING; BSA; CURRENT STATUS; DESIGN ISSUES; DYNAMITRON; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; NEUTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

BODY FLUIDS; LITHIUM; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TARGETS;

ACCELERATION;

LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR DESIGN;

BELGIUM; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 67649392324     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.099     Document Type: Article

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