Monte Carlo-based treatment planning for boron neutron capture therapy using custom designed models automatically generated from CT data

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-397

  Zamenhof, Robert G ^a,c   Redmond II, E ^b   Solares, G ^a   Katz, D ^b   Riley, K ^b   Kiger, S ^b   Harling, O ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Capture; Dosimetry; Epithermal; Glioblastoma; Melanoma; Monte Carlo; Neutron; Treatment Planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030014406     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(96)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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