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Applicability of self-activation of an NaI scintillator for measurement of photo-neutrons around a high-energy X-ray radiotherapy machine

Wakabayashi et al., 2015

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680834124183690458
Author
Wakabayashi G
Nohtomi A
Yahiro E
Fujibuchi T
Fukunaga J
Umezu Y
Nakamura Y
Nakamura K
Hosono M
Itoh T
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Radiological physics and technology

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The applicability of the activation of an NaI scintillator for neutron monitoring at a clinical linac was investigated experimentally. Thermal neutron fluence rates are derived by measurement of the I-128 activity generated in an NaI scintillator irradiated by neutrons; β …
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