Comparison of different MC techniques to evaluate BNCT dose profiles in phantom exposed to various neutron fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Durisi, E ^a,b   Koivunoro, H ^c,d   Visca, L ^a,b   Borla, O ^b   Zanini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Boneca Corporation   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77950316539     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp263     Document Type: Article

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