Calculations of dose distributions in the lungs of a rat model irradiated in the thermal column of the TRIGA reactor in Pavia

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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

  Protti, N ^a,b   Bortolussi, S ^a,b   Stella, S ^a,b   Gadan, M A ^a   De Bari, A ^a,b   Ballarini, F ^a,b   Bruschi, P ^a   Ferrari, C ^a   Clerici, A M ^a   Zonta, C ^a   Bakeine, J G ^a   Dionigi, P ^a   Zonta, A ^a   Altieri, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BNCT; Lung metastases; MCNP calculations; Rat irradiation

Indexed keywords

BNCT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HEALTHY TISSUES; IRRADIATION TIME; LITHIUM CARBONATES; LUNG METASTASES; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG REGIONS; LUNG TUMOR; MCNP CALCULATIONS; MEAN LUNG DOSE; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS; RAT MODEL; THERMAL COLUMN; THERMAL-NEUTRON FLUX; TOLERANCE LIMITS; TRIGA REACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RATS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR SHIELDING; TUMORS; WINDOWS;

RADIATION;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ITALY; LUNG METASTASIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RATS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 67649414961     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.052     Document Type: Article

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