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 spectrometry and dosimetry using CR-39 detectors

SP Tripathy - Solid State Phenomena, 2015 - Trans Tech Publ
Solid polymeric track detectors (SPTDs), due to their insensitivity to low LET radiations and
integrating nature of signal registration, are found to be effective and convenient for neutron …

LET spectrometry of 14 MeV (D–T) neutrons using CR-39 track detectors

GS Sahoo, SP Tripathy, C Sunil, PK Sarkar - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Linear energy transfer (LET) spectrum in water in the range of 12keV/μm to 382keV/μm due
to 14MeV (D–T) neutrons is estimated using the track size parameters in two different types …

Effect of 14 MeV neutrons on the optical properties of CR-39 detector

GS Sahoo, SP Tripathy, S Jena, DS Joshi… - The European …, 2014 - cambridge.org
This study is carried out to establish a correlation between optical absorbance and track
density in CR-39 detectors exposed to different fluences of DT (14 MeV) neutrons. This can …

Poly (sulfone-carbonate-carborane) copolymers for rapid revelation of thermal neutron induced alpha tracks

VM Pawar, R Pal, AK Bakshi, VS Nadkarni - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper describes the preliminary studies regarding development of a new polymeric
track detector known as poly (SDAC-co-ADC-co-APCC) for rapid detection of thermal …

Simulation study on radiation fields around targets to apply CR-39 for photo-neutron measurement in electron accelerator near the threshold energy

GS Sahoo, SP Tripathy, MS Kulkarni - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022 - Elsevier
Photo-neutron production in electron accelerator near the threshold energy has been
studied by Monte Carlo simulation using the FLUKA code. A pencil beam of 10 MeV electron …

Neutron dose estimation for 1H+9Be and 1H+12C reactions at 20 MeV proton energy via LET spectrometry using CR-39 detectors

GS Sahoo, SP Tripathy, S Paul, SD Sharma… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2014 - Springer
The neutron dose is estimated by linear energy transfer (LET) spectrometry method for two
reactions, viz. 1 H+ 9 Be and 1 H+ 12 C at 20 MeV proton energy using CR-39 track …

Comparison of neutron doses measured by CR-39 via LET spectrometry and neutron rem meter

GS Sahoo, SP Tripathy, S Paul, SC Sharma… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2016 - Springer
Neutron dose for proton induced reactions on the combination of 7 Li and 181 Ta target was
measured using CR-39 detector and a neutron rem meter, at five different proton energies (8 …