Novel approach to long-term monitoring of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy.
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DOI: 10.1002/mp.17699
Abstract: BACKGROUND Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) was conducted in a hospital using an accelerator-based neutron source. The neutron beam intensity at the patient position was evaluated offline using a gold-based neutron activation method. During BNCT… read more here.
Keywords: online neutron; beam; neutron target; neutron beam ... See more keywords
MCNP optimization of fast neutron beam thermalization device based on D-T neutron generator
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.111385
Abstract: Abstract The 14 MeV neutrons generated by Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) fusion reaction usually need to be moderated for Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) applications. A fast neutron beam thermalization device was developed in Northeast Normal University… read more here.
Keywords: neutron beam; fast neutron; thermalization; thermalization device ... See more keywords
Electron and Neutron Beam Irradiation Effects in Homogeneous and Nanostructured Oxides
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DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00486
Abstract: Oxide-based materials have a variety of applications in chemical sensing and photocatalysis, thin-film transistors, complex-oxide field-effect transistors, nonvolatile memories, resistive switching, energy conversion, topological oxide electronics, and many others. The radiation resistance of these materials… read more here.
Keywords: neutron irradiation; nanostructured oxides; neutron beam; electron neutron ... See more keywords
Vanadium-based neutron beam monitor
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.23.072901
Abstract: A prototype invasive (quasi-parasitic) thermal-neutron beam monitor based on isotropic neutron scattering from a thin natural Vanadium foil and standard $^3$He proportional counters has been conceptualized, designed, simulated, calibrated, and commissioned. As the beam monitor… read more here.
Keywords: prototype; beam monitor; neutron beam;
DNA Double-strand Breaks Induced byFractionated Neutron Beam Irradiation for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy.
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DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.11499
Abstract: AIM To use the 53BP1 foci assay to detect DNA double-strand breaks induced by fractionated neutron beam irradiation of normal cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Kyoto University Research Reactor heavy-water facility and gamma-ray irradiation system… read more here.
Keywords: double strand; irradiation; dna double; neutron beam ... See more keywords
A study on out-of-field leakage of an accelerator-based neutron beam for boron neutron capture therapy
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DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1284405
Abstract: More and more accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT) facilities are under the construction or commissioning stage, and the neutron beam characteristic measurements at each facility will start soon. In addition to the in-field neutron… read more here.
Keywords: field; boron neutron; beam; field leakage ... See more keywords