@misc{10481/68500,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68500},
abstract = {Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is facing a new era where diferent projects based on
accelerators instead of reactors are under development. The new facilities can be placed at hospitals
and will increase the number of clinical trials. The therapeutic efect of BNCT can be improved if a
optimized epithermal neutron spectrum is obtained, for which the beam shape assembly is a key
ingredient. In this paper we propose an optimal beam shaping assembly suited for an afordable
low energy accelerator. The beam obtained with the device proposed accomplishes all the IAEA
recommendations for proton energies between 2.0 and 2.1 MeV. In addition, there is an overall
improvement of the fgures of merit with respect to BNCT facilities and previous proposals of new
accelerator-based facilities.},
organization = {Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Regional
Government, Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucia 2014–2020 under contract A-FQM-371-UGR18)},
organization = {University Chair “Neutrons for Medicine”: Spanish Fundación ACS, Capitán Antonio, La
Kuadrilla de Iznalloz and Sonriendo se Puede Ganar},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities - FPU grant FPU17/02305},
publisher = {SPRINGER},
title = {Optimized beam shaping assembly for a 2.1‑MeV proton‑accelerator‑based neutron source for boron neutron capture therapy},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-021-87305-9},
author = {Torres Sánchez, Pedro and Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio and Ramos Chernenko, Natalia and Arias De Saavedra Alias, Fernando and Praena Rodríguez, Antonio Javier},
}