Preliminary treatment planning and dosimetry for a clinical trial of neutron capture therapy using a fission converter epithermal neutron beam

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1075-1081

  Kiger III, W S ^a   Lu, X Q ^a   Harling, O K ^b   Riley, K J ^c   Binns, P J ^c   Kaplan, J ^a   Patel, H ^a   Zamenhof, R G ^a   Shibata, Y ^a   Kaplan, I D ^a   Busse, P M ^a   Palmer, M R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); Boronophenylalanine fructose (BPA F); Clinical trial; Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM); Radiation therapy; Treatment planning and dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DRUG DOSAGE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRON BEAMS; TUMORS;

EPITHERMAL NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (NCT);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE FRUCTOSE; BORON 10; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN SIZE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISSION NEUTRON; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD;

AGED; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FAST NEUTRONS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4143110298     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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