Accelerator-based BNCT

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

APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Año: 2014 vol. 88 p. 185 - 189

0969-8043

The activity in accelerator development for accelerator-based BNCT (AB-BNCT) both worldwide and in Argentina is described. Projects in Russia, UK, Italy, Japan, Israel, and Argentina to develop AB-BNCT around different types of accelerators are briefly presented. In particular, the present status and recent progress of the Argentine project will be reviewed. The topics will cover: intense ion sources, accelerator tubes, transport of intense beams, beam diagnostics, the 9Be(d,n) reaction as a possible neutron source, Beam Shaping Assemblies (BSA), a treatment room, and treatment planning in realistic cases. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.