A study of epithermal neutron beam quality improvement for accelerator-based BNCT
Description
Up to now, all epithermal neutron beam designs for BNCT have been focused on generating neutron beams that have broad spectra covering all epithermal energy regions. It is reasonable to generate epithermal neutron beam for BNCT. However, when we consider a tumor which is locally seated in brain, it is desirable to use a locate-specific epithermal neutron beam which has a narrow peak at an epithermal energy region. From this idea, it was investigated the possibility of generating a narrowly peaked epithermal neutron beam using accelerator. Neutron source is calculated with PLINS code. It is found that epithermal neutron beams, those have narrower band spectra than previously designed beam, can be generated with properly combined moderators; A1F3 A1-27, and Ni-60
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- KNS
- Imprint Place
- Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the KNS autumn meeting
- Imprint Pagination
- [CD-ROM]
- Journal Page Range
- [12 p.]
Conference
- Title
- 2003 Spring meeting of the KNS
- Dates
- 29-30 May 2003
- Place
- Gyeongju (Korea, Republic of)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 35064151
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; DESIGN; EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON SOURCES; P CODES
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; BEAMS; COMPUTER CODES; DISEASES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MEDICINE; NEUTRON THERAPY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs