Published July 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Dose imaging in a thorax phantom with lung-equivalent volume at the epithermal neutron beam of LVR-15 reactor

  • 1. INFN-National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Division of Milan (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Milan (Italy)
  • 3. Department of Energy, Polytechnic of Milan (Italy)
  • 4. Fondazione IRCCS 'Istituto Nazionale Tumori', Milan (Italy)
  • 5. Department of Reactor Physics, NRI Rez, plc (Czech Republic)

Description

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 10B 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.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.053

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.053;
PII
S0969-8043(09)00287-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
7-8,suppl
Journal Page Range
p. S214-S217
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
A new option against cancer
Acronym
13. international congress on neutron capture therapy BNCT
Dates
2-8 Nov 2008
Place
Florence (Italy)

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