@article{eprints3058,
          author = {E. Durisi and Katia Alikaniotis and Oscar Borla and F. Bragato and Mauro Costagli and Gianrossano Giannini and Valeria Monti and L. Visca and Gianna Vivaldo and Alba Zanini},
         journal = {Applied Radiation and Isotopes},
       publisher = {Elsevier},
            note = {The 16th International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy (ICNCT-16.},
            year = {2015},
           title = {Design and simulation of an optimized e-linac based neutron source for \{BNCT\} research},
           pages = {63 -- 67},
          volume = {106},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3058/},
        abstract = {Abstract The paper is focused on the study of a novel photo-neutron source for \{BNCT\} preclinical research based on medical electron Linacs. Previous studies by the authors already demonstrated the possibility to obtain a mixed thermal and epithermal neutron flux of the order of 107 cm?2 s?1. This paper investigates possible Linac?s modifications and a new photo-converter design to rise the neutron flux above 5 107 cm?2 s?1, also reducing the gamma contamination.},
        keywords = {Nuclear physics; Photoneutron production; BNCT preclinical research}
}