Evaluation of the medical staff effective dose during boron neutron capture therapy using two high resolution voxel-based whole body phantoms

Golshanian, Mohadeseh; Rajabi, A. A.; Kasesaz, Yaser

doi:10.1016/j.net.2017.06.011

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“…The main objective is to design an appropriate neutron beam to achieve a suitable epithermal neutron beam according to IAEA recommendation [6]. MCNP4C Monte Carlo code [7] which is the most used Monte Carlo code in some different fields in BNCT [8][9][10][11] has been used for the purpose. Other objectives in this research are related to required and existing infrastructures at TRR such As Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) system for boron measurement [12], quick access to some main hospitals, etc.…”

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Conceptual design of BNCT facility based on the TRR medical room

2017

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A: This paper presents a conceptual design of the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) facility based on the medical room of Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). The medical room is located behind the east wall of the reactor pool. The designed beam line is an in-pool Beam Shaping Assembly (BSA) which is considered between the reactor core and the medical room wall. The final designed BSA can provide 2.96×10 9 n/cm 2 •s epithermal neutron flux at the irradiation position with acceptable beam contamination to use as a clinical BNCT. K: Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitors; beam-intensity monitors; bunch length monitors); Instrumentation for particle-beam therapy 1Corresponding author.

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