Different methods of measuring neutron dose/fluence generated during radiation therapy with megavoltage beams

B Farhood, M Ghorbani, NA Goushbolagh… - Health …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Medical linear accelerators (linacs) are the most frequently applied radiation therapy
machines in the locoregional treatment of cancers by producing either high-energy electron …

Neutron spectra and dosimetric features around an 18 MV linac accelerator

R Barquero, R Mendez, HR Vega-Carrillo… - Health …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Using the difference between responses to neutrons of TLD-600 and TLD-700, three
experimental devices were constructed and arranged to measure thermal neutron fluences …

TLD pairs, as thermal neutron detectors in neutron multisphere spectrometry

HR Vega-Carrillo - Radiation Measurements, 2002 - Elsevier
Pairs of thermoluminescence dosimeters, TLD600 and TLD700, have been used as a
thermal neutron detector in a multisphere neutron spectrometer. The neutron spectra from a …

Neutron energy spectra inside a PET cyclotron vault room

HR Vega-Carrillo - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2001 - Elsevier
Neutron energy spectra were measured at three locations inside the vault room of a PET
cyclotron. Measured neutron fields were produced during 17.2 MeV protons and 8.6 MeV …

Monte Carlo calculations and validation of a gold foil-based Bonner sphere system

F Fernández, T Bouassoule, K Amgarou… - Radiation protection …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The Grup de Física de les Radiacions (GFR) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
(UAB), in collaboration with the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety …

Spectrometry of leakage photoneutrons of 18 MV medical accelerator head by Sohrabi passive multi-directional spherical neutron spectrometry system

M Sohrabi, A Hakimi - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Spectrometry of leakage photoneutrons (PN) of a Siemens ONCOR medical linear
accelerator head by applying recently invented Sohrabi passive multi-directional multi …

Ambient neutron dose equivalent outside concrete vault rooms for 15 and 18 MV radiotherapy accelerators

SA Martinez-Ovalle, R Barquero… - Radiation protection …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this work, the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), due to neutrons outside three bunkers that
house a 15-and a 18-MV Varian Clinac 2100C/D and a 15-MV Elekta Inor clinical linacs, has …

Measurement of energy and directional distribution of neutron fluence inside a nuclear power plant

M Luszik-Bhadra, D Derdau, G Hallfarth… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2002 - Elsevier
A detailed analysis of the neutron radiation field was performed at selected positions inside
the Krümmel boiling water reactor. The measurements were performed with the PTB Bonner …

Neutron spectra around medical treatment facilities

H Schraube, P Kneschaurek, G Schraube… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2002 - Elsevier
The neutron field condition in and around the treatment room of the neutron therapy facility
at the research reactor FRM in Garching-München was studied for radiation protection …

Espectrometria de nêutrons em um acelerador cíclotron utilizando o sistema de esferas de Bonner e detectores termoluminescentes

JA Santos, A Guimarães, M Lacerda, EC Vilela - Scientia Plena, 2011 - scientiaplena.org.br
O espectro neutrônico pode variar desde poucos meV até centenas de MeV. Isto torna o
estudo da espectrometria neutrônica, em um determinado ambiente, o melhor meio para se …