Research in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at MIT LABA
Abstract
A 4.1 MeV tandem electrostatic accelerator designed for research into Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) has recently been installed in the MIT Laboratory for Accelerator Beam Applications (LABA). This accelerator uses a very high current switch mode high voltage power supply in conjunction with a multi-cusp negative ion source to supply the multimilliampere current required for clinical BNCT applications. A number of individual research projects aimed at evaluating the potential of this accelerator design as a hospital-based neutron source for radiation therapy of both tumors and rheumatoid arthritis are described here. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Authors:
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
- Newton Scientific Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141 (United States)
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 580014
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961110-
Journal ID: APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 98:004015
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 392; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 14. international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry, Denton, TX (United States), 6-9 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; TANDEM ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BORON 10 TARGET; NEUTRON SOURCES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
Citation Formats
Yanch, J C, Shefer, R E, Klinkowstein, R E, Howard, W B, Song, H, Blackburn, B, and Binello, E. Research in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at MIT LABA. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.52637.
Yanch, J C, Shefer, R E, Klinkowstein, R E, Howard, W B, Song, H, Blackburn, B, & Binello, E. Research in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at MIT LABA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.52637
Yanch, J C, Shefer, R E, Klinkowstein, R E, Howard, W B, Song, H, Blackburn, B, and Binello, E. 1997.
"Research in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at MIT LABA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.52637.
@article{osti_580014,
title = {Research in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy at MIT LABA},
author = {Yanch, J C and Shefer, R E and Klinkowstein, R E and Howard, W B and Song, H and Blackburn, B and Binello, E},
abstractNote = {A 4.1 MeV tandem electrostatic accelerator designed for research into Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) has recently been installed in the MIT Laboratory for Accelerator Beam Applications (LABA). This accelerator uses a very high current switch mode high voltage power supply in conjunction with a multi-cusp negative ion source to supply the multimilliampere current required for clinical BNCT applications. A number of individual research projects aimed at evaluating the potential of this accelerator design as a hospital-based neutron source for radiation therapy of both tumors and rheumatoid arthritis are described here. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}},
doi = {10.1063/1.52637},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/580014},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 392,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}
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