2024
Incorporating boron distribution variations in microdosimetric kinetic model-based relative biological effectiveness calculations for boron neutron capture therapy
Li M, Geng C, Han Y, Guan F, Liu Y, Shu D, Tang X. Incorporating boron distribution variations in microdosimetric kinetic model-based relative biological effectiveness calculations for boron neutron capture therapy. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2024, ncae158. PMID: 39010755, DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncae158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiological effects of boron neutron capture therapyCompound biological effectivenessBoron neutron capture therapyCBE valuesNeutron capture therapyBoron distributionRelative biological effectiveness calculationsEnergy spectra of particlesLineal energy spectraSpectrum of particlesEffectiveness of boron neutron capture therapyNucleus radiusBoronMKM modelSurviving fractionRadiusCalculationsDistribution variationBiological effects
2015
GEANT4 calculations of neutron dose in radiation protection using a homogeneous phantom and a Chinese hybrid male phantom
Geng C, Tang X, Guan F, Johns J, Vasudevan L, Gong C, Shu D, Chen D. GEANT4 calculations of neutron dose in radiation protection using a homogeneous phantom and a Chinese hybrid male phantom. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2015, 168: 433-440. PMID: 26156875, DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeutron dose calculationsDepth dose distributionsHomogeneous phantomThermal energy rangeS-matrix correctionsClose simulation resultsPhysics listsGeant4 calculationsNeutron energyEnergy rangeThermal scatteringNeutron doseRadiation protectionGeant4Conversion coefficientsMCNP5Dose conversion coefficientsDose distributionDose calculationsMatrix correctionMale phantomPhantomCalculationsEnergyFluence
2014
SU‐E‐T‐491: Importance of Energy Dependent Protons Per MU Calibration Factors in IMPT Dose Calculations Using Monte Carlo Technique
Randeniya S, Mirkovic D, Titt U, Guan F, Mohan R. SU‐E‐T‐491: Importance of Energy Dependent Protons Per MU Calibration Factors in IMPT Dose Calculations Using Monte Carlo Technique. Medical Physics 2014, 41: 339-339. DOI: 10.1118/1.4888824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbsolute dose valuesPA beamDose distributionEnergy deposition dataCalibration factorMC simulationsDose calculationsDose valuesMC dose calculationsAbsolute dose distributionsIon pairsDose monitorMonte Carlo techniqueBeamOblique beamsAbsolute doseMonte Carlo simulationsProtonsProton therapyExperimental measurementsCarlo techniqueCarlo simulationsCalculationsExperimental methodsMC technique