Source characterisation for the rtt_MC treatment planning program at FiR 1

Tiina Seppälä; Tom Seren; Iiro Auterinen

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1285-1_28

Source characterisation for the rtt_MC treatment planning program at FiR 1

Tiina Seppälä, Tom Seren, Iiro Auterinen

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Abstract

The epithermal neutron-photon treatment beam model is one of the basic elements in assuring the reliability of the doses in the treatment planning of the boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The beam model includes the nuclear reactor to generate the fission neutrons, the moderator to moderate the fission neutrons to epithermal neutrons with a small fast neutron and photon contamination, the collimator to collimate the epithermal neutrons and some surrounding materials, like part of a concrete shielding. The source model includes the source description at a plane at a known location near the exit plane of the collimator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy
Editors	M. Fredrick Hawthorne, Kenneth Shelly, Richard J. Wiersema
Place of Publication	Boston
Publisher	Springer
Pages	219-224
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4615-1285-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4613-5478-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1285-1_28
Publication status	Published - 2001
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	8th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 13 Aug 1998 → 18 Aug 1998

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Conference	8th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	13/08/98 → 18/08/98

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Seppälä, T, Seren, T & Auterinen, I 2001, Source characterisation for the rtt_MC treatment planning program at FiR 1. in MF Hawthorne, K Shelly & RJ Wiersema (eds), Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy. vol. 2, Springer, Boston, pp. 219-224, 8th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Los Angeles, California, United States, 13/08/98. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1285-1_28

Source characterisation for the rtt_MC treatment planning program at FiR 1. / Seppälä, Tiina; Seren, Tom; Auterinen, Iiro.
Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy. ed. / M. Fredrick Hawthorne; Kenneth Shelly; Richard J. Wiersema. Vol. 2 Boston: Springer, 2001. p. 219-224.

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