Design of a beam shaping assembly and preliminary modelling of a treatment room for accelerator-based BNCT at CNEA

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1688-1691

  Burlon, A A ^a,b   Girola, S ^a,b   Valda, A A ^a,b   Minsky, D M ^a,b,c   Kreiner, A J ^a,b,c   Sanchez G ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

7Li(p,n)7Be; Accelerator based BNCT; Beam shaping assembly; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

7LI(P,N)7BE; ACCELERATOR-BASED BNCT; ARGENTINA; ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONS; BEAM-SHAPING; BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA; CHARACTERISATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; IRRADIATION FACILITIES; MCNP SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION;

ARGENTINA; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 80055083426     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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