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Reactor beam calculations to determine optimum delivery of epithermal neutrons for treatment of brain tumors

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:552347
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  1. Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Commission of the European Communities, Petten (Netherlands)
Studies were performed to assess theoretical tumor control probability (TCP) for brain-tumor treatment with boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) using epithermal neutron sources from reactors. The existing epithermal-neutron beams at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor (BMRR) Facility, the Petten High-Flux Reactor Facility (HFR), and the Finnish Research Reactor 1 (FiR1) were analyzed and characterized using common analytical and measurement methods allowing for this intercomparison.
OSTI ID:
552347
Report Number(s):
CONF-971125--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 77; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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