System and method for delivery of neutron beams for medical therapy

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872374

Nigg, David W ^[1]; Wemple, Charles A ^[1]

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1. Idaho Falls, ID

A neutron delivery system that provides improved capability for tumor control during medical therapy. The system creates a unique neutron beam that has a bimodal or multi-modal energy spectrum. This unique neutron beam can be used for fast-neutron therapy, boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), or both. The invention includes both an apparatus and a method for accomplishing the purposes of the invention.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• Assignee: Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (Idaho Falls, ID)
• Patent Number(s): US 5920601
• OSTI ID: 872374
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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