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high-LET neutron therapy
Known as:
fast-neutron beam radiation
, therapy, neutron
, neutron therapy
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A type of radiation therapy that uses tiny particles called neutrons made by a machine called a cyclotron.
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2006
2006
Remote Handling in the Spallation Neutron Source Target Facility
M. Rennich
,
T. Burgess
2006
Corpus ID: 55057780
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), a new Department of Energy facility located at ORNL, is the latest step in the development…
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Review
1992
Review
1992
[Neutron Therapy - From Radiobiological Expectation To Clinical Reality]
A. Wambersie
,
C. Kirkove
1992
Corpus ID: 56888291
The radiobiological data presently available indicate that high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation could bring a benefit in…
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1989
1989
Fast Neutron Therapy Clinical Trials in the United States
S. Zink
,
J. Antoine
,
F. J. Mahoney
American Journal of Clinical Oncology
1989
Corpus ID: 29055717
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) began supporting clinical fast neutron clinical studies in the United States beginning in the…
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1984
1984
Dosimetrical verification of calculated total and gamma absorbed dose distributions DT, respectively DG, for fast neutron therapy.
J. Rassow
,
A. Temme
,
W. Baumhoer
,
P. Meissner
Strahlentherapie
1984
Corpus ID: 46057285
The physical part of treatment planning for neutron therapy is highly important but quite more complicated than for photons and…
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1982
1982
Tumor regression and histologic clearance after neutron brachytherapy for bulky localized cervical carcinoma
Y. Maruyama
,
J. Yoneda
,
+4 authors
W. Muir
Cancer
1982
Corpus ID: 33361975
The response of bulky, advanced Stage IB and early Stage II carcinoma of the cervix to neutron brachytherapy (NT and radiotherapy…
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Review
1980
Review
1980
Scheduling of hypoxic-tumor therapy using neutron brachytherapy.
Y. Maruyama
,
J. Beach
,
J. Feola
Radiology
1980
Corpus ID: 30060870
Fast-neutron-beam therapy and low-dose-rate fast-neutron intracavitary therapy of cervical carcinoma are effective in producing…
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Review
1979
Review
1979
The fixed horizontal neutron therapy beam at Edinburgh: dosimetry and radiation protection.
J. Williams
,
D. Bonnett
,
C. Parnell
British Journal of Radiology
1979
Corpus ID: 44809738
A compact cyclotron producing 15 MeV deuterons has been installed at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, to extend the…
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1974
1974
Dosimetric properties of the fast neutron therapy beams at TAMVEC.
Alfred R. Smith
,
P. R. Almond
,
James B. Smathers
,
Victor A. Otte
Radiology
1974
Corpus ID: 20869163
Neutrons produced by bombarding beryllium with 16-, 30-, and 50-MeV deuterons are compared in terms of dose rate, skin sparing…
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1973
1973
Neutron beam dosimetry at the NRL Cyclotron.
F. H. Attix
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R. Theus
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P. Shapiro
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R. Surratt
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A. Nash
,
S. G. Gorbics
Physics in Medicine and Biology
1973
Corpus ID: 41784257
A 35 MeV deuteron beam impinging upon a thick Be target is being employed to generate a neutron beam for radiobiological…
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1950
1950
Rock Phosphate Studies with Neutron Irradiated Rock Phosphate1
M. Fried
,
A. J. Mackenzie
1950
Corpus ID: 129703505
"D OCK phosphate is a poorer source of rapidly avail•**able phosphorus to the plant than many phosphate fertilizers (2, 5, 7). It…
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