The Variation of Neutron Dose with Depth in a Tissue-Equivalent Phantom

J.W. Smith, S.J. Boot

Physics in Medicine and Biology · 1962 · 25 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

The fast and slow neutron fluxes through a tissue-equivalent phantom have been measured for several incident neutron energies. The derivation of the components of dose to tissue, from 1H(n,γ)2D and 14N(n,p)14C reactions and proton recoils, based on these measurements, is given in detail.

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