Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy

Phantom experiments to evaluate thermal neutron flux distribution were performed using the Scintillator with Optical Fiber (SOF) detector, which was developed as a thermal neutron monitor during boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) irradiation. Compared with the gold wire activation method and Monte...

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Autores principales: Ishikawa, Masayori, Tanaka, Kenichi, Endo, Satrou, Hoshi, Masaharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Physics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rru112
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author Ishikawa, Masayori
Tanaka, Kenichi
Endo, Satrou
Hoshi, Masaharu
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Tanaka, Kenichi
Endo, Satrou
Hoshi, Masaharu
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description Phantom experiments to evaluate thermal neutron flux distribution were performed using the Scintillator with Optical Fiber (SOF) detector, which was developed as a thermal neutron monitor during boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) irradiation. Compared with the gold wire activation method and Monte Carlo N-particle (MCNP) calculations, it was confirmed that the SOF detector is capable of measuring thermal neutron flux as low as 10(5) n/cm(2)/s with sufficient accuracy. The SOF detector will be useful for phantom experiments with BNCT neutron fields from low-current accelerator-based neutron sources.
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spelling pubmed-43800572015-04-15 Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy Ishikawa, Masayori Tanaka, Kenichi Endo, Satrou Hoshi, Masaharu J Radiat Res Physics Phantom experiments to evaluate thermal neutron flux distribution were performed using the Scintillator with Optical Fiber (SOF) detector, which was developed as a thermal neutron monitor during boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) irradiation. Compared with the gold wire activation method and Monte Carlo N-particle (MCNP) calculations, it was confirmed that the SOF detector is capable of measuring thermal neutron flux as low as 10(5) n/cm(2)/s with sufficient accuracy. The SOF detector will be useful for phantom experiments with BNCT neutron fields from low-current accelerator-based neutron sources. Oxford University Press 2015-03 2015-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4380057/ /pubmed/25589504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rru112 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Japan Radiation Research Society and Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.
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Ishikawa, Masayori
Tanaka, Kenichi
Endo, Satrou
Hoshi, Masaharu
Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
title Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
title_full Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
title_fullStr Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
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title_short Application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
title_sort application of an ultraminiature thermal neutron monitor for irradiation field study of accelerator-based neutron capture therapy
topic Physics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rru112
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