Response functions for computing absorbed dose to skeletal tissues from neutron irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6873-6897

  Bahadori, Amir A ^a   Johnson, Perry ^a   Jokisch, Derek W ^b   Eckerman, Keith F ^c   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ACCURATE MODELING; BONE CANCER; BONE MASS; BONE SURFACE; COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN SKELETON; INCIDENT NEUTRON ENERGY; MICRO CT; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION CROSS SECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SKELETAL TISSUES; TARGET TISSUES; TISSUE COMPOSITION;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; HISTOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; TISSUE;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

PROTON;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054824302     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/21/008     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Allen P D and Chaudhri M A 1988 Photoneutron production in tissue during high energy bremsstrahlung radiotherapy Phys. Med. Biol. 33 1017-36
2. Beddoe A H, Darley P J and Spiers F W 1976 Measurements of trabecular bone structure in man Phys. Med. Biol. 21 589-607
3. Brenner D J 1984 Neutron kerma values above 15 MeV calculated with a nuclear model applicable to light nuclei Phys. Med. Biol. 29 437-41 (Pubitemid 14053941)
4. Caswell R S, Coyne J J and Randolph M L 1980 Kerma factors for neutron energies below 30 MeV Radiat. Res. 83 217-54 (Pubitemid 10039729)
5. Eckerman K F, Bolch W E, Zankl M and Petoussi-Henss N 2008 Response functions for computing absorbed dose to skeletal tissues for photon irradiation Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 127 187-91
6. Hough M, Johnson P, Rajon D, Jokisch D, Lee C and Bolch W 2011 An image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the ICRP reference adult male - internal electron sources Phys. Med. Biol. 56 2309-46
7. ICRU 1992 Photon, electron, proton and neutron interaction data for body tissues ICRU Report No 46 (Bethesda, MD: ICRU)
8. ICRU 2000 Nuclear data for neutron and proton radiotherapy and for radiation protection ICRU Report No 63 (Bethesda, MD: ICRU)
9. Johnson P B, Bahadori A A, Eckerman K F, Lee C and Bolch W E 2011 Response functions for computing absorbed dose to skeletal tissues from photon irradiation - an update Phys. Med. Biol. 56 2347-65
10. Jokisch D W, Rajon D A, Bahadori A A and Bolch W E 2011b An image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the ICRP reference adult male - specific absorbed fractions for neutron-generated recoil protons Phys. Med. Biol. 56 6857-72
11. Jokisch D W, Rajon D A, Patton P W and Bolch W E 2011a Methods for the inclusion of shallow marrow and adipose tissue in pathlength-based skeletal dosimetry Phys. Med. Biol. 56 2699-713
12. Kerr G D and Eckerman K F 1985 Neutron and photon fluence-to-dose conversion factors for active marrow of the skeleton Proc. 5th Symp. on Neutron Dosimetry ed H Shraube et al (Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities) pp 133-45
13. Lee C, Lee C, Shah A P and Bolch W E 2006 An assessment of bone marrow and bone endosteum dosimetry methods for photon sources Phys. Med. Biol. 51 5391-407 (Pubitemid 44773321)
14. NCRP 2006 Information needed to make radiation protection recommendations for space missions beyond low-earth orbit NCRP Report No 153 (Bethesda, MD: ICRU)
15. NNDC 2006 Angular distribution of neutrons: 1-H-1 (n,elastic) National Nuclear Data Center (accessed 13 November 2008) http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/sigma/ getMF4Data.jsp
16. Shultis J and Faw R 2000 Radiation Shielding (La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society)
17. Xu X G, Bednarz B and Paganetti H 2008 A review of dosimetry studies on external-beam radiation treatment with respect to second cancer induction Phys. Med. Biol. 53 R193-241
18. Young P G, Arthur E D and Chadwick M B 1992 Comprehensive nuclear model calculations: introduction to the theory and use of GNASH code Report LA-12343-MS Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM