Epithermal neutron beam interference with cardiac pacemakers

H. Koivunoro; T. Serén; H. Hyvönen; P. Kotiluoto; P. Iivonen; I. Auterinen; T. Seppälä; L. Kankaanranta; S. Pakarinen; M. Tenhunen; S. Savolainen

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.028

Epithermal neutron beam interference with cardiac pacemakers

H. Koivunoro (Corresponding Author), T. Serén, H. Hyvönen, P. Kotiluoto, P. Iivonen, I. Auterinen, T. Seppälä, L. Kankaanranta, S. Pakarinen, M. Tenhunen, S. Savolainen

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Abstract

In this paper, a phantom study was performed to evaluate the effect of an epithermal neutron beam irradiation on the cardiac pacemaker function. Severe malfunction occurred in the pacemakers after substantially lower dose from epithermal neutron irradiation than reported in the fast neutron or photon beams at the same dose rate level. In addition the pacemakers got activated, resulting in nuclides with half-lives from 25. min to 115. d. We suggest that BNCT should be administrated only after removal of the pacemaker from the vicinity of the tumor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1904-1906
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	69
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.028
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

MCNP
Neutron activation
Pacemaker
SERA

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