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BNCT filter design studies for the ORNL Tower Shielding Facility

Description: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in the United States has entered into a new phase with the initiation of clinical trials using neutron sources at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. If these trials are successful at demonstrating the efficacy of BNCT as a viable treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, then there will be an immediate demand for several additional neutron sources in order to treat the several thousand patients currently diagnosed … more
Date: December 31, 1996
Creator: Ingersoll, D. T.; Slater, C. O. & Williams, L. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparisons of TORT and MCNP dose calculations for BNCT treatment planning

Description: The relative merit of using a deterministic code to calculate dose distributions for BNCT applications were examined. The TORT discrete deterministic ordinated code was used in comparison to MCNP4A to calculate dose distributions for BNCT applications
Date: December 31, 1996
Creator: Ingersol, D. T.; Slater, C. O.; Williams, L. R.; Redmond, E. L., II & Zamenhof, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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