The neutron therapy facility (DT, 14 MeV) at the radiotherapy department of the university hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf. 1978

H D Franke, and A Hess, and E Magiera, and R Schmidt

The neutron therapy facility at the Radiotherapy Department of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is described. This unit has been developed for clinical purposes according to the initiative and conception of the radiotherapist by AEG/Fed. Rep. of Germany and RDI/USA since 1969. The installation was completed at the beginning of 1974. Special treatment head and bed systems allow isocentric treatment and arc or multiple port therapy. For routine work operation conditions of 8 to 12 mA total beam current and 500 kV accelerating voltage are used. The neutron output at 12 mA is about 3.5 x 10(12) n/s giving a phantom dose rate of more than 20 rad/min for a field size of 17.8 x 17.8 cm2 at 80 cm source-skin distance. Technical installations for improvement of dose rate and half-life of the target are planned. Results of physical measurements about neutron energy distributions, contributions from neutrons and gamma-rays to the total absorbed dose, build-up effect, axial and lateral dose distributions as well as isodose profiles for different field sizes in a homogeneous phantom are presented. Bewteen February 1976 and November 1977 up to 180 patients have been treated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D009502 Neutrons Electrically neutral elementary particles found in all atomic nuclei except light hydrogen; the mass is equal to that of the proton and electron combined and they are unstable when isolated from the nucleus, undergoing beta decay. Slow, thermal, epithermal, and fast neutrons refer to the energy levels with which the neutrons are ejected from heavier nuclei during their decay. Neutron
D011835 Radiation Protection Methods and practices adopted to protect against RADIATION. Protection, Radiation
D011878 Radiotherapy The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions. Radiotherapy, Targeted,Targeted Radiotherapy,Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapy, Targeted,Radiation Treatment,Targeted Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapies,Radiation Therapies, Targeted,Radiation Treatments,Radiotherapies,Radiotherapies, Targeted,Targeted Radiation Therapies,Targeted Radiotherapies,Therapies, Radiation,Therapies, Targeted Radiation,Therapy, Radiation,Therapy, Targeted Radiation,Treatment, Radiation
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages

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