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A look inside NIST’s work to optimize cancer treatment and radiation dosimetry
In an article just published by the Taking Measure blog of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stephen Russek—who leads the Imaging Physics Project in the Magnetic Imaging Group at NIST and codirects the MRI Biomarker Measurement Service—describes his team’s work using phantom stand-ins for human tissue.
M. Subasi, M. N. Erduran, M. Bostan, I. A. Reyhancan, E. Gültekin, G. Tarcan, Y. Ozbir, A. Durusoy
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 130 | Number 2 | October 1998 | Pages 254-260
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE98-A2004
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Cross sections were measured for the 44Ca(n,)41Ar, 45Sc(n,)42K, and 51V(n,)48Sc reactions at neutron energies from 13.6 to 14.9 MeV. The neutrons were produced via the 3H(d,n)4He reaction on a neutron generator using a solid TiT target. The activation technique was used, and induced gamma activities were measured by a high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometer. Corrections were made for the effects of gamma-ray attenuation, random coincidence (pulse pileup), coincidence summing, dead time, neutron flux fluctuations, and low-energy neutrons. Statistical model calculations taking into account precompound effects were performed for all the reactions investigated, and the experimental results were reproduced well except for the (n,) reaction on the 45Sc target. Also, comparisons with the recent experimental data showed good agreement.