An international dosimetry exchange for BNCT Part II: Computational dosimetry normalizations

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5419-5425

  Riley, K J ^a   Binns, P J ^a   Harling, O K ^b   Albritton, J R ^b,c   Kiger III, W S ^c   Rezaei, A ^d   Skold K ^d   Seppala T ^e   Savolainen, S ^e   Auterinen, I ^f   Marek, M ^g   Viererbl, L ^g   Nievaart, V A ^h   Moss, R L ^h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Studsvik Medical AB   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^g NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^h TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); Clinical trials; Dosimetry intercomparison; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; SPECIFICATIONS; TISSUE;

BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTATIONAL DOSIMETRY; INTERCOMPARISONS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSIMETRY;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 56749181305     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3005480     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. O. K. Harling, " International dosimetry exchange: A status report.," in Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy, edited by, W. Sauerwein, R. Moss, and, A. Wittig, (Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, 2002), pp. 333-339.
2. P. J. Binns, K. J. Riley, O. K. Harling, I. Auterinen, M. Marek, and W. S. Kiger III, " Progress with the NCT international dosimetry exchange.," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 61, 865-868 (2004).
3. P. J. Binns, " An international dosimetry exchange for boron neutron capture therapy, Part I: Absorbed dose measurements.," Med. Phys. 32, 3729-3736 (2005).
4. P. J. Binns, K. J. Riley, O. K. Harling, J. R. Albritton, and W. S. Kiger III, " Normalization of prescribed dose in BNCT.," Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 126, 610-614 (2007).
5. K. J. Riley, P. J. Binns, O. K. Harling, W. S. Kiger III, S. J. González, M. R. Casal, J. Longhino O. A. Calzetta Larrieu, and H. R. Blaumann, " Unifying dose specification between clinical BNCT centers in the Americas.," Med. Phys. 35, 1295-1298 (2008).
6. B. J. Mijnheer, J. J. Blattermann, and A. Wambersie, " What degree of accuracy is required and can be achieved in photon and neutron therapy.," Radiother. Oncol. 8, 237-252 (1987).
7. K. J. Riley, P. J. Binns, D. D. Greenberg, and O. K. Harling, " A physical dosimetry intercomparison for BNCT.," Med. Phys. 29, 898-904 (2002).
8. J. A. Coderre, J. W. Hopewell, J. C. Turcotte, K. J. Riley, P. J. Binns, W. S. Kiger III, and O. K. Harling, " Tolerance of normal human brain to boron neutron capture therapy.," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 61, 1083-1087 (2004).
9. J. R. Albritton, P. J. Binns, K. J. Riley, J. A. Coderre, O. K. Harling, and W. S. Kiger III, " Comparison of doses delivered in clinical trials of neutron capture therapy in the USA.," in Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy 2006, edited by, Y. Nakagawa, T. Kobayashi, and, H. Fukuda, (International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy, Takamatsu, Japan, 2006), pp. 56-59.
10. R. L. Moss, F. Stecher-Rasmussen, K. Ravensberg, G. Constantine, and P. Watkins, " Design, construction and installation of an epithermal neutron beam for BNCT at the high flux reactor Petten.," in Progress In Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, edited by, B. J. Allen, (Plenum, New York, 1992), pp. 63-66.
11. M. Marek, L. Viererbl, S. Flibor, J. Burian, and J. Rejchrt, " Validation of the epithermal neutron beam at LVR-15.," in Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy, Osaka, Japan, 2000, pp. 41-42.
12. I. Auterinen, " Metamorphosis of a 35 year -old TRIGA reactor into a modern BNCT facility.," in Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy, Vol. I, edited by, F. Hawthorne, K. Shelley, and, R. J. Wiersema, (Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 2001), pp. 267-275.
13. J. A. Capala, " Boron neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma multiforme: clinical studies in Sweden.," J. Neuro-Oncol. 62, 135-144 (2003).
14. R. D. Rogus, O. K. Harling, and J. C. Yanch, " Mixed field dosimetry of epithermal neutron beams for boron neutron capture therapy at the MITR-II research reactor.," Med. Phys. 21, 1611-1625 (1994).
15. ICRU, " Clinical neutron dosimetry-Part I: Determination of absorbed dose in a patient treated by an external beam of fast neutrons.," Report 45, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (1989).
16. K. J. Riley, P. J. Binns, and O. K. Harling, " Performance characteristics of the MIT fission converter based epithermal neutron beam.," Phys. Med. Biol. 48, 943-958 (2003).
17. ICRU, "Photon, electron, proton and neutron interaction data for body tissues," Report 46, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (1992).
18. D. W. Nigg, " Computational dosimetry and treatment planning considerations for neutron capture therapy.," J. Neuro-Oncol. 62, 75-86 (2003).
19. D. W. Nigg, F. J. Wheeler, D. E. Wessol, J. Capala, and M. Chadha, " Computational dosimetry and treatment planning for boron neutron capture therapy.," J. Neuro-Oncol. 33, 93-104 (1997).
20. R. Zamenhof, E. Redmond II, G. Solares, D. Katz, K. Riley, S. Kiger, and O. Harling, " Monte Carlo-based treatment planning for boron neutron capture therapy using custom designed models automatically generated from CT data.," Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys. 35, 383-397 (1996).
21. S. J. González, G. A. Santa Cruz, W. S. Kiger III, J. T. Goorley, M. R. Palmer, P. M. Busse, and R. G. Zamenhof, " NCTPlan, the New PC version of MacNCTPlan: Improvements and Verification of a BNCT Treatment Planning System.," in Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy, edited by, W. Sauerwein, R. Moss, and, A. Wittig, (Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, 2002), pp. 557-561.
22. W. S. Kiger III, " Preliminary treatment planning and dosimetry for a clinical trial of neutron capture therapy using a fission converter epithermal neutron beam.," Appl. Radiat. Isot. 61, 1075-1081 (2004).
23. ICRU, " Determination of absorbed dose in a patient irradiated by beams of x- or gamma-rays in radiotherapy procedures.," Report 24, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (1976).
24. R. L. Henriksson, J. Capala, A. Michanek, S.-A. Lindahl, L. G. Salford, L. Franzen, E. Blomquist, J.-E. Westlin, and A. T. Bergenheim, " Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for glioblastomamultiforme: A phase II study evaluating a prolonged high-dose of boronophenylalanine (BPA).," Radiother. Oncol. 88 (2), 183-191 (2008).
25. A. D. Chanana, " Boron neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma multiforma: interim results from phase I/II dose-escalation studies.," Neurosurgery 44 (6), 1182-1193 (1999).
26. P. J. Binns, K. J. Riley, and O. K. Harling, " Epithermal neutron beams for clinical studies of BNCT: A dosimetric comparison of seven beams.," Radiat. Res. 164, 212-220 (2005).