Experimental study of the influence of dental restorations on thermal and fast photo-neutron production in radiotherapy with a high-energy photon beam.
CR-39 detector
Dental restoration
Medical linear accelerator
Neutron contamination
Thermal and fast-neutron equivalent dose
Journal
Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
ISSN: 1872-9800
Titre abrégé: Appl Radiat Isot
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306253
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2019
May 2019
Historique:
received:
09
09
2018
revised:
01
02
2019
accepted:
04
03
2019
pubmed:
15
3
2019
medline:
15
2
2020
entrez:
15
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In head and neck radiation therapy, the presence of dental restorations can increase unwanted neutron dose to the patient. This study aimed at the measurement of secondary neutron production induced by irradiation of a healthy tooth, Amalgam, Ni-Cr alloy and Ceramco with a photon beam generated in the treatment head of a Siemens Primus linac at a voltage of 15 MV. The irradiation field amounted to 10 × 10 cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 30870764
pii: S0969-8043(18)30820-0
doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.03.007
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Alloys
0
Dental Porcelain
12001-21-7
Dental Amalgam
8049-85-2
Ceramco
88984-31-0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113-120Informations de copyright
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