Semiconductor radiation detectors play an important role in radiation instrumentation. They have many advantages due to their small size, outstanding energy resolution in nuclear spectroscopy, easy pixilation for high spatial resolution and ability of integration with readout electronics. Advancement in microelectronic industry made silicon one of the most popular material for radiation detecto...

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview the current status in neutron personal dosimetry based on poly allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC), also commonly known by commercial name CR-39, summarize best practices field, and point future research directions. An fundamentals technique given, including a discussion PADC material, main parameters characteristics, practical considerations, a...

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a rather innovative cancer radiotherapy; at present it is object of increasing interest especially for treatment of those tumors where conventional therapy gives not satisfactory results (Glioblastoma and Malignant Melanoma). The therapy takes advantage of both chemical and physical aspects B: the possibility of selectively accumulating in tumor tissue th...

~ The high temperature peaks (TL peaks 6-7) of TLD-600 are known to have higher responses to high LET radiation than to low LET radiation. These high temperature peak characteristics were studied for the automatic readerannealed Harshaw albedo neutron TLD. The high temperature peaks response is linear for neutrons over the dose equivalent range tested (0.05-3 mSv of a 252Cf source moderated by ...

BACKGROUND Electron linear accelerators in medical radiotherapy have replaced cobalt and caesium sources of radiation. However, medical accelerators with photon energies over 10 MeV generate undesired fast neutron contamination in a therapeutic X-ray photon beam. Photons with energies above 10 MeV can interact with the atomic nucleus of a high-Z material, of which the target and the head of an ...