Speaker
Max Conroy
(University of Birmingham)
Description
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a promising form of cancer treatment whereby a boron-loaded pharmaceutical is administered to a patient and, upon irradiation with a neutron beam, the products from the resulting neutron-induced reaction damage and destroy the cancer. One particular area of BNCT that requires development is dosimetry. In this work, a scintillator-based gamma detection system has been designed and simulated using OpenMC, to be placed inside the HF-ADNeF target room. By detecting prompt-gamma rays emitted when neutrons interact with a phantom, dosimetry and even imaging can be performed. This is not a simple task, due to the significant neutron and gamma flux present in the room, which this work focusses on overcoming.
Author
Max Conroy
(University of Birmingham)