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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"epithermal neutron beam"”.
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Construction and characterization of a fission converter based epithermal neutron beam for BNCT
… of a fission converter to produce a source of epithermal neutrons suitable for BNCT. The final design, construction and characterization of a new epithermal neutron beam is presented. A high intensity source with low contamination is obtained using a fission converter driven by thermal neutrons …
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The design of an intense accelerator-based epithermal neutron beam prototype for BNCT using near-threshold reactions
Near-threshold boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) uses proton energies only tens of keV above the (p,n) reaction threshold in lithium in order to reduce the moderation requirements of the neutron source. The goals of this research were to prove the feasibility of this near-threshold concept for …
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Biological dosimetry of neutron beams for neutron capture therapies
Boron neutron capture therapies using the 10B(n,a)7Li reaction have been proposed as treatments for glioblastoma multiforme, metastatic melanoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and other debilitating conditions. This thesis presents the first combined biological and physical dosimetry interbeam comparison …
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Selective irradiation of the vascular endothelium
… irradiation techniques. Mice received whole-body epithermal neutron beam irradiation. Additional dose was selectively targeted to endothelial cells from the short-ranged (5-9 [mu]m) particles released from neutron capture reactions in 10B confined to the blood by incorporation into 70-90 …
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Engineering design of a fission converter-based epithermal beam for neutron capture therapy
… a need for high intensity and low contamination epithermal neutron beams, for boron neutron capture therapy research and for routine treatment if this becomes a successful modality for treating cancers. A fission converter based design for high performance epithermal neutron beam was developed at …
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The Final Computational and Experimental Performance Characterization of the Washington State University Neutron Capture Therapy Facility Neutron Beam
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