Monte Carlo simulation of the response of ESR dosimeters added with gadolinium exposed to thermal, epithermal and fast neutrons

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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

  Marrale, M ^a,b   Basile, S ^a,b   Brai, M ^a,b   Longo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Unita CNISM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine; Ammonium tartrate; Gadolinium; Monte Carlo; NCT

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIUM TARTRATE; CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS; DEPTH RANGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; FAST NEUTRON IRRADIATION; FAST NEUTRONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NCT; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON FIELDS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSLAG REMELTING; GADOLINIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; SPIN DYNAMICS;

NEUTRONS;

ALANINE; AMMONIA; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ALANINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FAST NEUTRONS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TARTRATES;

EID: 67649400407     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.046     Document Type: Article

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