title: Determination of the irradiation field at the research reactor TRIGA Mainz for BNCT.
abstract: For the application of the BNCT for the excorporal treatment of organs at the TRIGA Mainz, the basic characteristics of the radiation field in the thermal column as beam geometry, neutron and gamma ray energies, angular distributions, neutron flux, as well as absorbed gamma and neutron doses must be determined in a reproducible way. To determine the mixed irradiation field thermoluminescence detectors (TLD) made of CaF(2):Tm with a newly developed energy-compensation filter system and LiF:Mg,Ti materials with different (6)Li concentrations and different thicknesses as well as thin gold foils were used.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duvinage
authors.affiliation: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Institut für Strahlenforschung, PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany. sven.nagels@hs.fzk.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagels
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hampel
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Kratz
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minouchehr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vogtländer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wortmann
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005214:Fast Neutrons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005459:Fluorides; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007554:Isotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D007554:Isotopes; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; C027651:lithium fluoride; D001895:Boron; D005459:Fluorides