Unifying dose specification between clinical BNCT centers in the Americas
| Autor: | W. S. Kiger, Peter J. Binns, Mariana Casal, Kent J. Riley, Otto K. Harling, Herman Blaumann, S. J. González, O. A. Calzetta Larrieu, Juan Longhino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
business.industry Argentina Reproducibility of Results Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Radiotherapy Dosage General Medicine Patient data Neutron radiation Sensitivity and Specificity Neutron temperature Dose specification Neutron capture Massachusetts Reference Values Mockup Calibration Humans Dosimetry Neutron Radiometry Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Physics. 35:1295-1298 |
| ISSN: | 2473-4209 0094-2405 |
| DOI: | 10.1118/1.2884856 |
| Popis: | A dosimetry intercomparison between the boron neutron capture therapy groups of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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