AAPM TG 158: measurement and calculation of doses outside the treated volume from external‐beam radiation therapy

SF Kry, B Bednarz, RM Howell, L Dauer… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

Introduction to dosimetry and risk estimation of second cancer induction following radiotherapy

RM Harrison - Radiation Measurements, 2013 - Elsevier
This brief review of dosimetry in second cancer dosimetry introduces work carried out by
Working Group 9 (Radiation Protection Dosimetry in Medicine) of the European Radiation …

Estimation of neutron-equivalent dose in organs of patients undergoing radiotherapy by the use of a novel online digital detector

F Sánchez-Doblado, C Domingo… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutron peripheral contamination in patients undergoing high-energy photon radiotherapy
is considered as a risk factor for secondary cancer induction. Organ-specific neutron …

LUPIN, a new instrument for pulsed neutron fields

M Caresana, M Ferrarini, GP Manessi, M Silari… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
A number of studies focused in the last decades on the development of survey meters to be
used in pulsed radiation fields. This is a topic attracting widespread interest for applications …

Novel passive Nested Bonner Cubes Spectrometer for neutrons and its response matrix

A Baltazar-Raigosa, HR Vega-Carrillo… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Presently, neutron science applications have been increasing in different knowledge areas,
for that reason, it is important to improve the radiation protection protocols, in where the …

Measurement of the neutron fields produced by a 62 MeV proton beam on a PMMA phantom using extended range Bonner sphere spectrometers

K Amgarou, R Bedogni, C Domingo, A Esposito… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The experimental characterization of the neutron fields produced as parasitic effect in
medical accelerators is assuming an increased importance for either the patient protection …

CubBonner–A novel passive neutron area monitor

A Baltazar-Raigosa, TG Soto-Bernal… - Applied Radiation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Responses of a novel passive neutron area monitor, named CubBonner, were calculated.
The responses were estimated for sixty monoenergetic neutrons, from 10− 9 to 20 MeV, with …

Neutron spectrometry and determination of neutron contamination around the 15 MV Siemens Primus LINAC

N Mohammadi, H Miri-Hakimabad… - … of radioanalytical and …, 2015 - Springer
Despite the importance of photoneutrons doses produced in the high-energy linear
accelerators, currently they are not considered in the treatment planning systems. Therefore …

Evaluation of in-field neutron production for medical LINACs with and without flattening filter for various beam parameters-Experiment and Monte Carlo simulation

S Dawn, R Pal, AK Bakshi, RA Kinhikar, K Joshi… - Radiation …, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive study on the evaluation of in-field photo-neutron and electro-neutron dose
equivalent (H∗(10)), neutron fluence and energy spectra was carried out using passive …

Fast, epithermal and thermal photoneutron dosimetry in air and in tissue equivalent phantom for a high-energy X-ray medical accelerator

M Sohrabi, A Hakimi - Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2018 - Elsevier
Photoneutron (PN) dosimetry in fast, epithermal and thermal energy ranges originated from
the beam and albedo neutrons in high-energy X-ray medical accelerators is highly important …