Treatment planning capability assessment of a beam shaping assembly for accelerator-based BNCT

M S Herrera; S J González; A A Burlon; D M Minsky; A J Kreiner

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.029

Treatment planning capability assessment of a beam shaping assembly for accelerator-based BNCT

Appl Radiat Isot. 2011 Dec;69(12):1870-3. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.029. Epub 2011 Apr 7.

Authors

M S Herrera¹, S J González, A A Burlon, D M Minsky, A J Kreiner

Affiliation

¹ Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CNEA, San Martín, Argentina. herrera@tandar.cnea.gov.ar

PMID: 21478024
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.03.029

Abstract

Within the frame of an ongoing project to develop a folded Tandem-Electrostatic-Quadrupole accelerator facility for Accelerator-Based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT) a theoretical study was performed to assess the treatment planning capability of different configurations of an optimized beam shaping assembly for such a facility. In particular this study aims at evaluating treatment plans for a clinical case of Glioblastoma.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy*
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Glioblastoma / radiotherapy*
Humans
Monte Carlo Method