Proposal for a practical dose calculation scheme for neutron irradiations. 1978

J Rassow, and E Maier, and P Meissner

Dose calculations for neutron therapy irradiations should be based on the dosimetrically best accessible parameters "total absorbed Dose Dt" and "gamma ray absorbed dose Dgamma". By adequate standardization it should be possible, that only one single reference parameter contains all deviations of calibration, while a table of relative factors, only once to be determined, gives all long-term constant dependencies for all field sizes and phantom depths. A standardization is proposed for the irradiation technique with fixed fields at a constant focus-skin distance, giving rise to especially simple equations for the absorbed doses Dt and Dgamma. It is as well easy to get by these doses and mean relative biological effectivenesses rn for neutrons and rgamma for gamma rays the "total effective absorbed dose De", being an opportune quantity for the biologically weighted absorbed dose. The practical application of equations and tables is demonstrated for an opposing field irradiation as example. Adequately standardized "reference tissue air ratios" and corresponding equations are given for isocentric fixed or rotating beam irradiations and used for the example of a dose calculation within a phantom at the isocentre.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
D009502 Neutrons Electrically neutral elementary particles found in all atomic nuclei except light hydrogen; the mass is equal to that of the proton and electron combined and they are unstable when isolated from the nucleus, undergoing beta decay. Slow, thermal, epithermal, and fast neutrons refer to the energy levels with which the neutrons are ejected from heavier nuclei during their decay. Neutron
D011878 Radiotherapy The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions. Radiotherapy, Targeted,Targeted Radiotherapy,Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapy, Targeted,Radiation Treatment,Targeted Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapies,Radiation Therapies, Targeted,Radiation Treatments,Radiotherapies,Radiotherapies, Targeted,Targeted Radiation Therapies,Targeted Radiotherapies,Therapies, Radiation,Therapies, Targeted Radiation,Therapy, Radiation,Therapy, Targeted Radiation,Treatment, Radiation
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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