BINP accelerator based epithermal neutron source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1635-1638

  Aleynik, V ^a   Burdakov, A ^a   Davydenko, V ^a   Ivanov, A ^a   Kanygin, V ^b   Kuznetsov, A ^a   Makarov, A ^a   Sorokin, I ^a   Taskaev, S ^a  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Neurosurgery Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Boron neutron capture therapy; Epithermal neutron source

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR; BEAM TRANSPORT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON SOURCE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PROTON CURRENT; TANDEM ACCELERATORS; THRESHOLD REACTIONS; VACUUM INSULATION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM; NEUTRON SOURCES; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 80055070737     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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