Accelerator-based BNCT

A.J. KREINER; M. BALDO; J. BERGUEIRO; D. CARTELLI; W. CASTELL; V. THATAR VENTO; J. GÓMEZ ASOIA; D.O. MERCURI; J. PADULO; J.C. SUAREZ SANDIN; J. ERHARDT; J.M. KESQUE; A.A. VALDA; M.E. DEBRAY; H.R. SOMACAL; M. IGARZABAL; D.M. MINSKY; M.S. HERRERA; M.E. CAPOULAT; S.J. GONZÁLEZ; M. DEL GROSSO; L. GAGETTI; M. SUÁREZ ANZORENA; M. GUN; O. CARRANZA

APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 vol. 88 p. 185 - 1189

0969-8043

Accelerator-Based BNCT (AB-BNCT) is being established worldwide as the future modality to start the era of in-hospital facilities. There are projects in Russia, UK, Italy, Japan, Israel, and Argentina to develop AB-BNCT around different types of accelerators. In particular, the present status and recent progress of the Argentine project will be presented. The topics will cover: intense ion sources, power and voltage generation systems for a Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole (TESQ) accelerator, acceleration tubes, transport of intense beams, beam diagnostics, control systems, the 9Be(d,n) reaction as a possible neutron source, Beam Shaping Assemblies (BSA), a treatment room, treatment planning, etc.