Dose imaging in a thorax phantom with lung-equivalent volume at the epithermal neutron beam of LVR-15 reactor

G Gambarini; E Vanossi; G Bartesaghi; M Carrara; M Mariani; A Negri; J Burian; L Viererbl; V Klupak; J Rejchrt

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.053

Dose imaging in a thorax phantom with lung-equivalent volume at the epithermal neutron beam of LVR-15 reactor

Appl Radiat Isot. 2009 Jul;67(7-8 Suppl):S214-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.053. Epub 2009 Mar 27.

Authors

G Gambarini¹, E Vanossi, G Bartesaghi, M Carrara, M Mariani, A Negri, J Burian, L Viererbl, V Klupak, J Rejchrt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, University of Milan, Italy. grazia.gambarini@mi.infn.it

PMID: 19376722
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.053

Abstract

A thorax phantom has been designed, consisting of PMMA and PE plates containing a cavity filled with a laboratory-made lung-substitute. Fricke-gel dosimeters have been placed in the lung-substitute volume, and the phantom has been irradiated at the epithermal column of LVR-15 reactor. Absorbed dose images have been obtained for both gamma radiation and charged particles emitted in the (10)B reactions with thermal neutrons. Measurements with thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) and Monte Carlo (MC) calculations have been performed too, in order to attain inter-comparison of results.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Boron / therapeutic use
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / instrumentation*
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / statistics & numerical data*
Czech Republic
Fast Neutrons / therapeutic use*
Gels
Humans
Isotopes / therapeutic use
Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Nuclear Reactors
Phantoms, Imaging / statistics & numerical data*
Photons / therapeutic use
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / therapeutic use
Radiometry / instrumentation
Radiometry / statistics & numerical data
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / statistics & numerical data*
Thorax

Substances

Gels
Isotopes
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Boron