Design of low-energy Neutron beams for Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2867, Issue , 1996, Pages 31-40

  Yanch, J C ^a   Shefer, R E ^b   Binello, E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Newton Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

BNCS; BNCT; Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy; Boron Neutron Capture Therapy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BORON; DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MODERATORS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

BNCS; BNCT; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON CAPTURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 85077777173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.267911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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