Breakthrough electroneutron multi-response miniature dosimetry/spectrometry in medical accelerator.
Electroneutron dosimetry/spectrometry
Energy-specific/tissue-specific dosimetry
High-energy electron medical accelerator
Miniature neutron dosimeter/spectrometer
Spectrometry
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 04 2024
25 04 2024
Historique:
received:
09
12
2023
accepted:
16
04
2024
medline:
26
4
2024
pubmed:
26
4
2024
entrez:
25
4
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Breakthrough multi-response miniature dosimetry/spectrometry of electroneutrons (EN) was made on surface and in-depths of whole-body polyethylene phantom under 10 cm × 10 cm electron beam of 20 MV Varian Clinac 2100C electron medical accelerator commonly applied for prostate treatment. While dosimetry/spectrometry of photoneutrons (PN) has been well characterized for decades, those of ENs lagged behind due to very low EN reaction cross section and lack of sensitive neutron dosimeters/spectrometers meeting neutron dosimetry requirements. Recently, Sohrabi "miniature neutron dosimeter/spectrometer" and "Stripe polycarbonate dosimeter" have broken this barrier and determined seven EN ambient dose equivalent (ENDE) (µSv.Gy
Identifiants
pubmed: 38664481
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-59871-1
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-59871-1
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
9557Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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