The BSA modeling for the accelerator-based BNCT facility at INFN LNL for treating shallow skin melanoma

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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

  Ceballos, C ^a,b   Esposito, J ^a  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^b Centro Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear   (Cuba)

Author keywords

9Be(p,xn) reaction; AB neutron source; BNCT facility; BSA; MCNPX

Indexed keywords

9BE(P,XN) REACTION; AB-NEUTRON SOURCE; BNCT FACILITY; BSA; MCNPX;

BERYLLIUM; BODY FLUIDS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DESIGN; NEUTRON SOURCES; SKIN;

NEUTRONS;

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOMA; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SIMULATION;

BERYLLIUM; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FAST NEUTRONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MELANOMA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649573659     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.074     Document Type: Article

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