Verification of nuclear data for the Tsukuba plan, a newly developed treatment planning system for boron neutron capture therapy

Hiroaki Kumada; Kenta Takada; Koichi Yamanashi; Takeji Sakae; Akira Matsumura; Hideyuki Sakurai

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.08.032

Verification of nuclear data for the Tsukuba plan, a newly developed treatment planning system for boron neutron capture therapy

Appl Radiat Isot. 2015 Dec:106:111-5. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.08.032. Epub 2015 Sep 2.

Authors

Hiroaki Kumada¹, Kenta Takada², Koichi Yamanashi³, Takeji Sakae², Akira Matsumura², Hideyuki Sakurai²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan. Electronic address: kumada@pmrc.tsukuba.ac.jp.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
³ Proton Medical Research Centre, University of Tsukuba, 2-1-1, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8576, Japan.

PMID: 26361835
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.08.032

Abstract

Various verifications were performed to apply JENDL-4.0 as nuclear data for a newly developed treatment planning system with a homogeneous or precise human-like phantom. The nitrogen dose calculated by JENDL-4.0 differed slightly from that calculated by ENDF/B-VII.0. However, the total weighted dose-based dose volume histogram in the boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) treatment for brain tumors calculated by JENDL-4.0 was in good agreement with the results of the ENDF/B-VII.0 calculation. Therefore, calculation with JENDL-4.0 can be applied to the BNCT dose calculation.

Keywords: BNCT; Computational dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Nuclear data; Treatment planning system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy*
Humans
Phantoms, Imaging
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods*