Dosimetry chain for the dogs irradiated in the epithermal neutron beam at the Finnish BNCT facility

Sauli Savolainen, Iiro Auterinen, Carita Aschan, Pekka Hiismäki, Mika Kortesniemi, Antti Kosunen, Petri Kotiluoto, Juha Lampinen, Tiina Seppälä, Tom Seren, Vesa Tanner, Matti Toivonen

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Abstract

In any radiotherapy the physical dose must have a metrologically traceable link to the national and international dosimetry standards. In addition, the uncertainty of the dose delivered to the patient has to be low enough for estimating the effects of the treatment beforehand and analyze then afterwards. Accurately characterized spectrum, fluence and dose distributions in a phantom form the basis for a reliable dose delivery to a patient and is essential also for biological studies at the BNCT beam. There is an obvious need for standardization in medical application of BNCT.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy
EditorsM. Frederick Hawthorne, Kenneth Shelly, Richard J. Wiersema
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherSpringer
Pages1245-1250
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4615-1285-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-4613-5478-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001
MoE publication typeD2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material

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