Table 1 Intensity of the 478 keV peak with and without a boron insert with the \(^{4}\)He beam. Each total is normalised to the corresponding value for the 511 keV positron annihilation peak.

From: First experimental demonstration of real-time neutron capture discrimination in helium and carbon ion therapy

 

Height

Area

Experiment

Simulation

Experiment

Simulation

No boron

0.33 ± 0.01

0.174 ± 0.003

0.50 ± 0.02

0.126 ± 0.004

Boron

0.48 ± 0.02

0.258 ± 0.005

0.63 ± 0.03

0.198 ± 0.005

Increase (%)

39 ± 2

48 ± 1

26 ± 2

57 ± 1

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