Klaudiusz Jakubowski , James Vohradsky , Andrew Chacon , Daniel R. Franklin , Linh T. Tran , Susanna Guatelli , Mitra Safavi-Naeini , Anatoly Rosenfeld
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Computational design and evaluation of a quad-MOSFET device for quality control of therapeutic accelerator-based neutron beams
Accurate real-time monitoring of neutron beams and distinguishing between thermal, epithermal and fast neutron components in the presence of a photon background is crucial for the effectiveness of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT). In this work, we propose an innovative quadruple metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device for real-time, cost-effective beam quality control; one detector is kept uncovered while the other three are covered with either a BC, cadmium and BC or polyethylene converter.
Individual MOSFET converter configurations were optimised via Monte Carlo simulations to maximise signal selectivity across neutron energy spectra. Results demonstrate the quad-MOSFET device’s efficacy in quantifying changes in neutron flux, underscoring its potential as a useful instrument in the AB-BNCT quality control process.
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The journal seeks to publish papers that present advances in the following areas: spontaneous and stimulated luminescence (including scintillating materials, thermoluminescence, and optically stimulated luminescence); electron spin resonance of natural and synthetic materials; the physics, design and performance of radiation measurements (including computational modelling such as electronic transport simulations); the novel basic aspects of radiation measurement in medical physics. Studies of energy-transfer phenomena, track physics and microdosimetry are also of interest to the journal.
Applications relevant to the journal, particularly where they present novel detection techniques, novel analytical approaches or novel materials, include: personal dosimetry (including dosimetric quantities, active/electronic and passive monitoring techniques for photon, neutron and charged-particle exposures); environmental dosimetry (including methodological advances and predictive models related to radon, but generally excluding local survey results of radon where the main aim is to establish the radiation risk to populations); cosmic and high-energy radiation measurements (including dosimetry, space radiation effects, and single event upsets); dosimetry-based archaeological and Quaternary dating; dosimetry-based approaches to thermochronometry; accident and retrospective dosimetry (including activation detectors), and dosimetry and measurements related to medical applications.