Neutron Capture Therapy Principles and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sauerwein, Wolfgang (Editor), Wittig, Andrea (Editor), Moss, Raymond (Editor), Nakagawa, Yoshinobu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is based on the ability of the non-radioactive isotope boron-10 to capture thermal neutrons with very high probability and immediately to release heavy particles with a path length of one cell diameter. This in principle allows for tumor cell-selective high-LET particle...