Experimental feasibility studies on a SPECT tomograph for BNCT dosimetry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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

  Minsky, D M ^a,b,c   Valda, A A ^a,b   Kreiner, A J ^a,b,c   Green, S ^d,e   Wojnecki, C ^d,e   Ghani, Z ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LaBr3(Ce) scintillator; Online BNCT dosimetry; SPECT; Tomography

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LABR3(CE) SCINTILLATOR; ONLINE BNCT DOSIMETRY; ONLINE DOSIMETRY; POINT SOURCES; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPECT; TOMOGRAPH; UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM;

ACCELERATOR SHIELDING; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSIMETERS; LUMINESCENCE; PLANNING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

DOSIMETRY;

BORON 10;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BORON; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67649406024     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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