Dose imaging in a thorax phantom with lung-equivalent volume at the epithermal neutron beam of LVR-15 reactor.
A thorax phantom has been designed, consisting of PMMA and PE plates containing a cavity filled with a laboratory-made lung-substitute. Fricke-gel dosimeters have been placed in the lung-substitute volume, and the phantom has been irradiated at the epithermal column of LVR-15 reactor. Absorbed dose images have been obtained for both gamma radiation and charged particles emitted in the (10)B reactions with thermal neutrons. Measurements with thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) and Monte Carlo (MC) calculations have been performed too, in order to attain inter-comparison of results.
Department of Physics, University of Milan, Italy. grazia.gambarini@mi.infn.it
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Gambarini
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Vanossi
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Bartesaghi
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Carrara
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Mariani
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Negri
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Burian
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Viererbl
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Klupak
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Rejchrt
D001895:Boron / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018153:Czech Republic; D005214:Fast Neutrons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D007554:Isotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013909:Thorax
D005782:Gels; D007554:Isotopes; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D001895:Boron