Determination of absorbed dose in the vicinity of a neutron source.
A computational method is presented that transfers the spectral neutron fluence from the measuring position to a reference point in a biological sample. The method is applied to the determination of the absorbed dose in adult blood irradiated with monoenergetic neutrons of 0.035 and 14.8 MeV.
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany. dietrich.schlegel@ptb.de
D000042:Absorption; D000465:Algorithms; D001769:Blood / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D008954:Models, Biological; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity