[2D01-05] Radiation Medicine and Biological Influence

[2D01] Development of a Quantitative Analysis of B-10 for Boron Neutron Capture Reaction based on IEC and TMFD Systems

*Mahmoud A Bakr¹, Kai Masuda⁴, Yoshiyuki Takahashi², Satoru Sera³ (1. Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, 2. Institute of Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 3. Graduate School of Energy Science, kyoto University , 4. Rokkasho Fusion Institute, Fusion Energy, Directorate, QST)

Keywords:Boron neutron capture therapy , C-TMFD, IEC, Cancer therapy, KUR

This work aims to develop a novel quantitative analysis method of ¹⁰B for BNCT. The proposed method is based on detecting Alpha-particles generated from the nuclear reaction between ¹⁰B and thermal neutron, which in principle different from the conventional method that investigating gamma-ray. The tensioned metastable fluid detector (TMFD) is used to detect the Alpha-particles, while the Inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IEC) device is planned to provide the thermal neutrons in the present method. A proof of principle experiment has been conducted, and the preliminary results are encouraging. Experimental conditions and results will be discussed in the meeting.