Open AccessProgress on the accelerator based SPES-BNCT project at INFN Legnaro
Author(s) -
A. Pisent,
P. Colautti,
J. Esposito,
L. De Nardo,
V. Conte,
D Agosteo,
Giulio Jori,
P. A. Posocco,
L. Tecchio,
R. Tinti,
G. Rosi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/41/1/043
Subject(s) - neutron capture , neutron , nuclear physics , physics , nuclear engineering , beam (structure) , medical physics , radiochemistry , chemistry , optics , engineering
In the framework of an advanced Exotic Ion Beam facility project, named SPES (Study and Production of Exotic Species), that will allow a frontier program in Nuclear and Interdisciplinary Physics, an intense thermal neutron beam facility, devoted to perform Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) experimental treatments on skin melanoma tumor is currently under construction based on the SPES proton driver. A vast radiobiological investigation in vitro and in vivo has started with the new 10B carriers developed. Special microdosimetric detectors have been constructed to properly measure all the BNCT dose components and their qualities. Both microdosimetric and radiobiological measurements are being performed at the Enea-Casaccia TAPIRO reactor