First tomographic image of neutron capture rate in a BNCT facility

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1858-1861

  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 ^e  

^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

BNCT dosimetry; Boron dose; SPEC

Indexed keywords

BNCT DOSIMETRY; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; LARGE CURRENT; NEUTRON CAPTURE; ONLINE COMPUTATIONS; ONLINE DOSIMETRY; SPEC; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BORON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 80055066258     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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