单词 | neutron capture therapy |
释义 | > as lemmasneutron capture therapy neutron capture therapy n. Medicine a form of radiotherapy using a compound (usually one containing boron-10) that accumulates in tumour or other abnormal tissue and becomes a radiation source (by neutron capture) when subjected to an external neutron beam. ΚΠ 1954 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol., Radium Ther. & Nuclear Med. 71 280/1 The development of procedures to achieve neutron capture therapy was among the first projects of the Medical Department [at Brookhaven]. 1990 Sci. Amer. Oct. 68/1 The possibility that progress toward another powerful therapy might be made has led the authors..to work on an approach called boron neutron capture therapy. 2000 Radiation Res. 154 556 Some recent neutron capture therapy research has focused on using compounds containing the element gadolinium. < as lemmas |
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