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Proceedings of international workshop on Neutron capture therapy : state of the art, and 3rd Young members neutron capture therapy meeting : Auditorium of the CNR research area, San Cataldo, Pisa (Italy), November 28th-December 2nd, 2003
vii, 210 p. : ill.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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ISBN: 8884922100
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- Boron-neutron capture therapy -- Congresses
- Cancer -- Radiotherapy -- Congresses
- Neoplasms -- Radiotherapy -- Congresses
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In questo volume
- Conference opening
- Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT): experimental aspects and clinical applications in the isolated liver
- EORTC trials in BNCT: the current situation
- The NCT trials in Finland
- BNCT trials in Czech Republic
- Synthesis and characterization of hybrids carborane-carbohydrates for BNCT applications
- NMR investigation of boron compounds for BNCT
- In-phantom or in-air dose imaging with separation of the different components
- BDTPS: the BNCT treatment planning system jointly developed at DIMNP and JRC/IE
- Converting the epithermal column at the Tapiro fast reactor from an experimental facility to one for treating patients with brain gliomas
- An accelarator based BNCT facility: the SPES project at INFN Legnaro
- BNCT news from around the world
- Boron compounds - development and testing
- Synthesis of new boron polymers
- Treatment planning systems for BNCT: requirements and peculiarities
- Quantitative studies on the application of positron emission tomography to BNCT treatment planning
- Development, testing and clinical implementation of a treatment planning system for neutron capture therapy
- Boron uptake in human cells "in vitro": a study of the prerequisites for BNCS of the inflamed synovia in the RA-joint
- A comparative study of the radiobiology of BNCT beams
- In vitro and in vivo models for drug evaluation in experimental BNCT
- A suggestion for ¹º B imaging during boron neutron capture therapy
- Microdosimetry at the Tapiro reactor thermal neutron beam
- Maximising the alfa-production in brain tumours under different equivalent dose configurations in BNCT
- In-phantom discrimination of the dose contributions by means of FriXy-Gel and thermoluminescent dosimeters
- Neutron sources for BNCT: a general review
- Microdosimetry in GdNCT
- Characterization of neutron beams for BNCT applications
- Design and testing of a thermal neutron beam for ionisation chamber calibration
- Energy calibration of the 3 MV Dynamitron accelerator at the University of Birmingham
- Progress on a fusion neutron source based BNCT irradiation facility design
- Study of the neutron collimator design used in the Tapiro facility for patient treatment with BNCT
- Design of IRT-200 research reactor for BNCT application
- Author Index
