TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative 3D sensitive CdZnTe solid state detector for dose monitoring in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
AU - Fatemi, S.
AU - Gong, C. H.
AU - Bortolussi, S.
AU - Magni, C.
AU - Postuma, I.
AU - Bettelli, M.
AU - Benassi, G.
AU - Zambelli, N.
AU - Zappettini, A.
AU - Tang, X. B.
AU - Altieri, S.
AU - Protti, N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/8/21
Y1 - 2019/8/21
N2 - A BNCT-dedicated SPECT system to monitor in real time the 10B dose is under development focusing on CdZnTe (CZT) solid state detectors as photon sensors. Since BNCT facilities are characterised by a (n+γ) radiation field and considering the high value of cadmium neutron absorption cross section, we evaluated the response of a CZT detector using the irradiation thermal neutron facility of the Pavia University research nuclear reactor. The reported measurements showed that, despite the thermal neutron and γ background, the CZT detector is able to discriminate the 10B signal from the neutron capture peaks of 113Cd.
AB - A BNCT-dedicated SPECT system to monitor in real time the 10B dose is under development focusing on CdZnTe (CZT) solid state detectors as photon sensors. Since BNCT facilities are characterised by a (n+γ) radiation field and considering the high value of cadmium neutron absorption cross section, we evaluated the response of a CZT detector using the irradiation thermal neutron facility of the Pavia University research nuclear reactor. The reported measurements showed that, despite the thermal neutron and γ background, the CZT detector is able to discriminate the 10B signal from the neutron capture peaks of 113Cd.
KW - BNCT
KW - CdZnTe
KW - Mixed (n+γ) radiation field
KW - SPECT
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2018.09.135
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2018.09.135
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85057610276
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 936
SP - 50
EP - 51
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
ER -