Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo

Dr. Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo

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Academic Career Length

33Years (1994-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2002 in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
EMEduardo Manzanares-Acuña
Eduardo Manzanares-Acuña
ABAna Marı́a Becerra-Ferreiro
Ana Marı́a Becerra-Ferreiro
ACAureliano Carrillo-Nuñez
Aureliano Carrillo-Nuñez

1 April 2006 in Radiation Measurements
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HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
VHVíctor Martín Hernández-Dávila
Víctor Martín Hernández-Dávila
EMEduardo Manzanares-Acuña
Eduardo Manzanares-Acuña
GSGema A. Mercado Sánchez
Gema A. Mercado Sánchez
MTMaria Pilar Iñiguez de la Torre
Maria Pilar Iñiguez de la Torre
JRJosé Manuel Ortiz Rodriguez
José Manuel Ortiz Rodriguez

1 January 2005 in Health Physics
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RBR Barquero
R Barquero
RMR Mendez
R Mendez
HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
MIM P. Iñiguez
M P. Iñiguez
TET M. Edwards
T M. Edwards
Using the difference between responses to neutrons of TLD-600 and TLD-700, three experimental devices were constructed and arranged to measure thermal neutron fluences, neutron spectra, and neutron doses inside the treatment room of a radiotherapy 18 MV Linear electron accelerator (Linac). Thermal neutron fluences were measured with TLD-600/TLD-700 pairs arranged in both a bare and a cadmium (Cd) foil covered methacrylate box. Neutron spectra were measured in 26 energy bins by introducing pairs of TLD-600/TLD-700 in air and into the middle of five polyethylene spheres with diameters of 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12 inches. A PC version of the BUNKI code was used to unfold the six measurements in each sphere to obtain the 26 energy bins. Neutron and photon doses were measured by introducing pairs of TLD-600/TLD-700 into the middle of a single 25-cm-diameter paraffin sphere. The three required neutron calibrations were carried out at the Nuclear Technology Laboratory of the Polytechnique University of Madrid (UPM), using an 241Am-Be neutron source with an alpha activity of 111 GBq and a yield of 6.6 × 106 neutrons s−1. Three devices were needed for the necessary calibrations: a BF3 counter for the thermal neutron fluence calibration, a LUDLUM 42-5 Bonner spectrometer with five 0.95 g cm−3 polyethylene spheres with a LiI(Eu) 4 × 4 mm2 scintillation counter for the neutron spectrometer calibration and a NEMO 9140 remmeter for the paraffin remmeter calibration. The Monte Carlo code MCNP 4C has been used in two ways: to calculate the neutron kerma contribution to two TLDs (type 600 and 700) both in air and inside the paraffin sphere, and to determine the neutron spectra at those Linac room zones where the neutron spectra were measured. Thermal neutron fluences of 2.9 × 104 ± 8.6 × 103 cm−2 s−1, measured around the Linac head plane, and 2.3 × 104 ± 2.3 × 103 cm−2 s−1, measured at the patient couch plane, are in agreement with previous independent measurements from other authors. The calculated and measured neutron spectra obtained in the treatment room showed three distinct regions: a peak around 0.1 MeV, a flat epithermal region and a thermal region with values similar to those mentioned above. Patient dose equivalents of 0.5 mSv and 5 mSv from neutrons and photons, respectively, were obtained per treatment Gray.

1 November 2016 in Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
SOS. Agustin Martinez Ovalle
S. Agustin Martinez Ovalle

29 November 2017 in Environmental Earth Sciences
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MSMiguel Angel Salas-Luévano
Miguel Angel Salas-Luévano
JMJ. A. Mauricio-Castillo
J. A. Mauricio-Castillo
MGM. L. González-Rivera
M. L. González-Rivera
HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
SSS. Salas-Muñoz
S. Salas-Muñoz

1 March 2007 in Radiation Measurements
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HVHector Rene Vega-Carrillo
Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo
EMEduardo Manzanares-Acuña
Eduardo Manzanares-Acuña
MIMaría Pilar Iñiguez
María Pilar Iñiguez
EGEduardo Gallego
Eduardo Gallego
ALAlfredo Lorente
Alfredo Lorente