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[en] A heavy water installation at the Kyoto University Reactor (KUR) is used for the boron neutron capture therapy. The contributions of boron neutron capture reaction to the dose are required for the evaluation of the boron neutron capture therapy in relation to the biological effectiveness. The radiation therapy fields are measured by a technique of micro-dosimetry. Three types of tissue equivalent-proportional counter are used for measurement of the radiation therapy fields; a LET counter with wall containing boron for thermal neutrons, a LET counter with wall containing no boron for epithermal neutrons, and a helical wire proportional counter with carbon wall for gamma rays. Irradiations of the counters are carried out in the neutron capture therapy fields with two modes, a thermal neutron mode and an epithermal neutron mode. An acrylic plate is used for human body phantom. Each energy spectrum in the counters is measured at depth 6.7 mm in the phantom by multi-channel analyzer. The energy spectra in three types of the counters show that most of neutron energy transfers to the effects of 4He(1.49 MeV) and 7Li(0.85 MeV) following to thermal neutron capture reactions of 10B in the wall. (M. Suetake)
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37. scientific meeting of the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University; Kumatori, Osaka (Japan); 29-30 Jan 2003; 1 ref., 3 figs.
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Kyoto Daigaku Genshiro Jikkensho Gakujutsu Koenkai Hobunshu; ISSN 0917-1746;
; v. 37; p. 241-245

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BORON ISOTOPES, DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS, DOSIMETRY, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, ISOTOPES, LIGHT NUCLEI, MATERIALS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MEDICINE, MOCKUP, NEUTRON THERAPY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS, RADIOLOGY, RADIOTHERAPY, SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS, STABLE ISOTOPES, STRUCTURAL MODELS, THERAPY, WATER
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