Evaluation of thermal neutron irradiation field using a cyclotron-based neutron source for alpha autoradiography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-156

  Tanaka, H ^a   Sakurai, Y ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Masunaga, S ^a   Mitsumoto, T ^b   Kinashi, Y ^a   Kondo, N ^a   Narabayashi, M ^a   Nakagawa, Y ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Fujimoto, N ^a   Maruhashi, A ^a   Ono, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha autoradiography; Boron neutron capture therapy; Cyclotron based neutron source

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BORON; CYCLOTRONS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALPHA AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DEMONSTRATION TESTS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON SOURCE; MICRODISTRIBUTION; REACTOR-BASED NEUTRON SOURCES; STABLE OPERATION; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON; ISOTOPE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CYCLOTRON BASED EPITHERMAL NEUTRON SOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; THERMAL NEUTRON IRRADIATION FIELD; CYCLOTRON; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BORON; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CYCLOTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84901842949     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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