Characterization of low-LET radiation fields for irradiation of biological samples using recombination chamber

Tulik, Piotr; Lepak, Sandra; Domańska, Katarzyna; Jakubowska, Edyta

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23923-1_20

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“…It has experience in the dosimetry of mixed and difficult to characterize ionization fields and beam parameters, determining quantities such as absorbed dose of each radiation component or radiation quality factor. The team has original experience in measurements of the radiation field/beam for selected medical facilities: x-ray radiotherapy, 3,4 x-ray radiography, 5,6 proton therapy, 7,8 BNCT, [9][10][11] and PET tomography. 12 The activities of the Radiobiological Laboratory focus on exposure to radiation of human cell cultures.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reactor Laboratory for Biomedical Research in National Centre for Nuclear Research in Poland

Michaś

Dorosz

Wójciuk

et al. 2021

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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National Centre for Nuclear Research, NCBJ is one of the biggest research institutes in Poland, in which scientists deal with basic research in the various fields of subatomic physics, development of nuclear technologies and practical applications of nuclear physics methods, including those for nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. NCBJ operates the only Polish nuclear research reactor MARIA, around which a Reactor Laboratory for Biomedical Research, RLBR has been built in the last 4 years. One of the main aims of the RLBR team is to adapt the H2 channel, one of the eight MARIA’s horizontal channels, to a specific irradiation facility delivering a high flux thermal/epithermal neutron beam. The beam derived from the channel will be a tool for biological, physical and material studies for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, BNCT. While NCBJ is focused on building a neutron research facility, the Polish scientific community expressed its interest in BNCT development and implementation as an alternative therapy for cancer treatment. Through the working group meetings organized in the form of regular scientific workshops since 2015, it led to the establishment of a national scientific consortium dedicated to BNCT. Polish Consortium for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy agreement was initially signed by twelve institutions including scientific institutes, universities and oncological centres in October 2019. National Centre for Nuclear Research was appointed the leader of the consortium. A year later the consortium was enlarged by two more institutions.

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