Distributions of positron-emitting nuclei in proton and carbon-ion therapy studied with GEANT4

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 6099-6112

  Pshenichnov, Igor ^a,b   Mishustin, Igor ^a,c   Greiner, Walter ^a  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

CARBON ION THERAPY; HEAVY ION THERAPY (MCHIT); PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMITTING NUCLEI;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON; CARBON 11; ION; OXYGEN 15; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; ION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

BIOPHYSICS; CARBON; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33846856726     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/011     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Agostinelli S et al (GEANT4 Collaboration) 2003 GEANT4: a simulation toolkit Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 506 250-303
2. Amaldi U 2004 CNAO-the Italian centre for light-ion therapy Radiother. Oncol. 73 S191-201
3. Bajard M, De Conto J M and Remillieux J 2004 Status of the 'ETOILE' project for a French hadrontherapy centre Radiother. Oncol. 73 S211-5
4. Bennett G W, Goldberg A C, Levine G S, Guthy J, Balsamo J and Archambeau J O 1975 Beam localization via O-15 activation in proton-radiation therapy Nucl. Instrum. Methods 125 333-8
5. Bennett G W, Archambeau J O, Archambeau B E, Meltzer J I and Wingate C L 1978 Visualization and transport of positron emission from proton activation in vivo Science 200 1151-3
6. Bondorf J P, Botvina A S, Iljinov A S, Mishustin I N and Sneppen K 1995 Statistical multifragmentation of nuclei Phys. Rep. 257 133-221
7. Carrier J F, Archambault L, Beaulieu L and Roy R 2004 Validation of GEANT4, an object-oriented Monte Carlo toolkit, for simulations in medical physics Med. Phys. 31 484-92
8. Castro J R, Petti P L, Blakely E A and Daftari I K 2004 Particle radiation therapy Textbook of Radiation Oncology ed S A Leibel and T L Phillips (Philadelphia, PA/Amsterdam: Saunders/Elsevier) pp 1547-68
9. Enger S A, Rezaei A, af Rosenschold P M and Lundqvist H 2006 Gadolinium neutron capture brachytherapy (GdNCB), a new treatment method for intravascular brachytherapy Med. Phys. 33 46-51
10. Enghardt W et al 1992 The spatial-distribution of positron-emitting nuclei generated by relativistic light-ion beams in organic-matter Phys. Med. Biol. 37 2127-31
11. Fernández-Varea J M, Andreo P and Tabata T 1996 Detour factors in water and plastic phantoms and their use for range and depth scaling in electron-beam dosimetry Phys. Med. Biol. 41 1119-39
12. 3He IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 53 2252-9
13. Folger G, Ivanchenko V N and Wellisch J P 2004 The binary cascade-nucleon-nuclear reactions Eur. Phys. J. A 21 407-17
14. GEANT4-Documents 2006 http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/ Overview/html/
15. GEANT4-Webpage 2006 http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/
16. Griesmayer E and Auberger T 2004 The status of MedAustron Radiother. Oncol. 73 S202-5
17. Gudowska I, Sobolevsky N, Andreo P, Belkic D and Brahme A 2004 Ion beam transport in tissue-like media using the Monte Carlo code SHIELD-HIT Phys. Med. Biol. 49 1933-58
18. Haberer T, Debus J, Eickhoff H, Jäkel O, Schulz-Ertner D and Weber U 2004 The Heidelberg ion therapy center Radiother. Oncol. 73 S186-90
19. Heeg P, Eickhoff H and Haberer T 2004 Conception of heavy ion beam therapy at Heidelberg University (HICAT) Z. Med. Phys. 14 17-24
20. Hishikawa Y, Oda Y, Mayahara H, Kawaguchi A, Kagawa K, Murakami M and Abe M 2004 Status of the clinical work at Hyogo Radiother. Oncol. 73 S38-40
21. Hong L, Goitein M, Bucciolini M, Comiskey R, Gottschalk B, Rosenthal S, Serago C and Urie M 1996 A pencil beam algorithm for proton dose calculations Phys. Med. Biol. 41 1305-30
22. Iseki Y, Kanai T, Kanazawa M, Kitagawa A, Mizuno H, Tomitani T, Suda M and Urakabe E 2004 Range verification system using positron emitting beams for heavy-ion radiotherapy Phys. Med. Biol. 49 3179-95
23. Jäkel O, Krämer M, Karger C P and Debus J 2001 Treatment planning for heavy ion radiotherapy: clinical implementation and application Phys. Med. Biol. 46 1101-16
24. Jan S et al 2004 GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT Phys. Med. Biol. 49 4543-61
25. Jiang H and Paganetti H 2004 Adaptation of GEANT4 to Monte Carlo dose calculations based on CT data Med. Phys. 31 2811-8
26. Kanai T, Matsufuji N, Miyamoto T, Mizoe J, Kamada T, Tsuji H, Kato H, Baba M and Tsujii H 2006 Examination of GyE system for HIMAC carbon therapy Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 64 650-6
27. Kraft G 2000 Tumor therapy with heavy charged particles Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 45 S473-544
28. Krämer M, Jäkel O, Haberer T, Kraft G, Schardt D and Weber U 2000 Treatment planning for heavy-ion radiotherapy: physical beam model and dose optimization Phys. Med. Biol. 45 3299-317
29. Lamare F, Turzo A, Bizais Y, Rest C C and Visvikis D 2006 Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation of the Philips Allegro/GEMINI PET systems using GATE Phys. Med. Biol. 51 943-62
30. Larsson S, Svensson R, Gudowska I, Ivanchenko V and Brahme A 2005 Radiation transport calculations for 50 MV photon therapy beam using the Monte Carlo code GEANT4 Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 115 503-7
31. Levin C S and Hoffman E J 1999 Calculation of positron range and its effect on the fundamental limit of positron emission tomography system spatial resolution Phys. Med. Biol. 44 781-99
32. Matsufuji N, Fukumura A, Komori M, Kanai T and Kohno T 2003 Influence of fragment reaction of relativistic heavy charged particles on heavy-ion radiotherapy Phys. Med. Biol. 48 1605-23
33. Mayahara H, Oda Y, Kawaguchi A, Kagawa K, Murakami M, Hishikawa Y, Igaki H, Tokuuye K and Abe M 2005 A case of hepatocellular carcinoma initially treated by carbon ions, followed by protons for marginal recurrence with portal thrombus Radiat. Med. 23 513-9
34. Oelfke U, Lam G K and Atkins M S 1996 Proton dose monitoring with PET: quantitative studies in Lucite Phys. Med. Biol. 41 177-96
35. Parodi K and Enghardt W 2000 Potential application of PET in quality assurance of proton therapy Phys. Med. Biol. 45 N151-6
36. + radioactivity induced by proton beams Phys. Med. Biol. 47 21-36
37. 12C and proton beams PhD Dissertation Technische Universität Dresden
38. Perez-Calatayud J, Granero D, Ballester F, Crispin V and Van der Laarse R 2006 Technique for routine output verification of Leipzig applicators with a well chamber Med. Phys. 33 16-20
39. Pawelke J, Byars L, Enghardt W, Fromm W D, Geissel H, Hasch B G, Lauckner K, Manfrass P, Schardt D and Sobiella M 1996 The investigation of different cameras for in-beam PET imaging Phys. Med. Biol. 41 279-96
40. Pawelke J, Enghardt W, Haberer T, Hasch B G, Hinz R, Kramer M, Lauckner K and Sobiella M 1997 In-beam PET imaging for the control of heavy-ion tumour therapy IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 44 1492-8
41. Pönisch F, Enghardt W and Lauckner K 2003 Attenuation and scatter correction for in-beam positron emission tomography monitoring of tumour irradiations with heavy ions Phys. Med. Biol. 48 2419-36
42. Pönisch F, Parodi K, Hasch B G and Enghardt W 2004 The modelling of positron emitter production and PET imaging during carbon ion therapy Phys. Med. Biol. 49 5217-32
43. Pshenichnov I, Mishustin I and Greiner W 2005 Neutrons from fragmentation of light nuclei in tissue-like media: a study with the GEANT4 toolkit Phys. Med. Biol. 50 5493-507
44. PTCOG 2006 Particle Therapy Cooperative Group Webpage (http://ptcog.web.psi.ch/)
45. Rogers D W O 2006 Fifty years of Monte Carlo simulations for medical physics Phys. Med. Biol. 51 R287-301
46. Schmidtlein C R et al 2006 Validation of GATE Monte Carlo simulations of the GE Advance/Discovery LS PET scanners Med. Phys. 33 198-208
47. Schulz-Ertner D, Nikoghosyan A, Thilmann C, Haberer T, Jäkel O, Karger C, Kraft G, Wannenmacher M and Debus J 2004 Results of carbon ion radiotherapy in 152 patients Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 58 631-40
48. Shen W, Wang B, Feng J, Zhan W, Zhu Y and Feng E 1989 Total reaction cross-section for heavy-ion collisions and its relation to the neutron excess degree of freedom Nucl. Phys. A 491 130-46
49. Tobias C A, Benton E V, Capp M P, Chatterjee A, Cruty M R and Henke R P 1977 Particle radiography and autoactivation Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 3 35-44
50. Tsujii H et al 2004 Overview of clinical experiences on carbon ion radiotherapy at NIRS Radiother. Oncol. 73 S41-9
51. Urakabe E et al 2001 Spot scanning using radioactive C-11 beams for heavy-ion radiotherapy Japan. J. Appl. Phys. 40 2540-8
52. Weisskopf V E and Ewing D H 1940 On the yield of nuclear reactions with heavy elements Phys. Rev. 57 472-85
53. Wellisch H P and Axen D 1996 Total reaction cross section calculations in proton-nucleus scattering Phys. Rev. C 54 1329-32