Development of a treatment planning system for BNCT based on positron emission tomography data: Preliminary results

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 213, Issue , 2004, Pages 637-640

  Cerullo, N ^a,b   Daquino, G G ^a,c   Muzi, L ^a   Esposito, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boron dose distribution; Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); Heterogeneous boron distribution; MCNP; Positron emission tomography (PET); Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRONS; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0242662365     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(03)01668-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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