title: Dose distributions in phantoms irradiated in thermal columns of two different nuclear reactors.
abstract: In-phantom dosimetry studies have been carried out at the thermal columns of a thermal- and a fast-nuclear reactor for investigating: (a) the spatial distribution of the gamma dose and the thermal neutron fluence and (b) the accuracy at which the boron concentration should be estimated in an explanted organ of a boron neutron capture therapy patient. The phantom was a cylinder (11 cm in diameter and 12 cm in height) of tissue-equivalent gel. Dose images were acquired with gel dosemeters across the axial section of the phantom. The thermal neutron fluence rate was measured with activation foils in a few positions of this phantom. Dose and fluence rate profiles were also calculated with Monte Carlo simulations. The trend of these profiles do not show significant differences for the thermal columns considered in this work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics of University and INFN Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy. grazia.gambarini@mi.infn.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gambarini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agosteo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altieri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bortolussi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrovich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valente
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009502:Neutrons; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity