Unifying dose specification between clinical BNCT centers in the Americas

Journal Article · Tue Apr 15 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Medical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1118/1.2884856· OSTI ID:21120639

Riley, K J; Binns, P J; Harling, O K; Kiger, III, W S; Gonzalez, S J; Casal, M R; Longhino, J; Larrieu, O A. Calzetta; Blaumann, H R ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

A dosimetry intercomparison between the boron neutron capture therapy groups of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Argentina was performed to enable combined analyses of NCT patient data between the different centers. In-air and dose versus depth measurements in a rectangular water phantom were performed at the hyperthermal neutron beam facility of the RA-6 reactor, Bariloche. Calculated dose profiles from the CNEA treatment planning system NCTPlan that were calibrated against in-house measurements required normalizations of 1.0 (thermal neutrons), 1.13 (photons), and 0.74 (fast neutrons) to match the dosimetry of MIT.

• OSTI ID: 21120639
• Journal Information: Medical Physics, Journal Name: Medical Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 35; ISSN 0094-2405; ISSN MPHYA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
DOSIMETRY
FAST NEUTRONS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY
PATIENTS
PHANTOMS
RA-6 REACTOR
RADIATION DOSES
STANDARDIZATION
THERMAL NEUTRONS