University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deposition of Energy From Low-Energy Neutrons in the Icru Tissue Sphere
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis work has investigated the characteristics of the energy deposition throughout the spherical volume of tissue as a result of being bombarded with neutron beams of varying energies, all the way from 0.3 MeV down to thermal. Absorbed dose and dose equivalent values have been obtained throughout the spherical phantom having the ICRU-prescribed 4-element tissue composition. The basic studies involved broad, parallel beams; but the data were easily used to provide information on isotropic beam conditions also. Average dose values were easily determined. Except for the thermal neutron source case, all the beams studied were monoenergetic in character. The thermal neutron source had a Maxwellian distribution appropriate for room temperature (20(DEGREES)C).
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Nuclear Engineering
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Shiue, Yeong-Long
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8209630
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70881