The new boron neutron capture therapy facility at the Finnish nuclear research reactor (FiR 1)

Iiro Auterinen; Pekka Hiismäki; Petri Kotiluoto; Rolf Rosenberg; Seppo Salmenhaara; Tiina Seppälä; Tom Seren; Carita Aschan; Mika Kortesniemi; Antti Kosunen; Juha Lampinen; Sauli Savolainen; Matti Toivonen; Petteri Välimäki

The new boron neutron capture therapy facility at the Finnish nuclear research reactor (FiR 1)

Iiro Auterinen
, Pekka Hiismäki
, Petri Kotiluoto
, Rolf Rosenberg
, Seppo Salmenhaara
, Tiina Seppälä
, Tom Seren
, Carita Aschan
, Mika Kortesniemi
, Antti Kosunen
, Juha Lampinen
, Sauli Savolainen
, Matti Toivonen
, Petteri Välimäki

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Abstract

The Finnish boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) facility at the FiR 1 nuclear research reactor in Espoo, Otaniemi is ready for patient trials. The performance of the epithermal neutron beam has been verified in an extensive dosimetric campaign. The Finnish beam has the best therapeutic characteristics among the existing BNCT facilities. The reactor building has been converted into a BNCT research and treatment facility. A patient positioning and fixation system has been designed and constructed.

Original language	English
Journal	Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
Volume	37
Issue number	Suppl. 1
Publication status	Published - 1999
MoE publication type	B1 Article in a scientific magazine
Event	11th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering, NBCBM - Tallinn, Estonia Duration: 6 Jun 1999 → 10 Jun 1999 Conference number: 11

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nuclear reactors

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Auterinen, I., Hiismäki, P., Kotiluoto, P., Rosenberg, R., Salmenhaara, S., Seppälä, T., Seren, T., Aschan, C., Kortesniemi, M., Kosunen, A., Lampinen, J., Savolainen, S., Toivonen, M., & Välimäki, P. (1999). The new boron neutron capture therapy facility at the Finnish nuclear research reactor (FiR 1). Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 37(Suppl. 1).

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