<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the present work was creating a virtual phantom of a human head for BNCT, as a part of the BNCT programme project. This model is an amplification of the simple model described in earlier publications. It takes into account the major head organs as well as the scalp and skull. The chemical composition of all tissues was modelled according to the recommendations of the ICRP. The organs were parameterized using mathematical formulas based on the human head magnetic resonance images. The model was used for calculating the thermal neutron flux and the injuring (fast neutron, nitrogen and gamma) dose components for the head irradiated using the therapeutic neutron beam, whose parameters were obtained as the result of the modelling of the filter/moderator system for the BNCT therapeutic beam from the MARIA reactor.</p></abstract>

The aim of the present work was creating a virtual phantom of a human head for BNCT, as a part of the BNCT programme project. This model is an amplification of the simple model described in earlier publications. It takes into account the major head organs as well as the scalp and skull. The chemical composition of all tissues was modelled according to the recommendations of the ICRP. The organs were parameterized using mathematical formulas based on the human head magnetic resonance images. The model was used for calculating the thermal neutron flux and the injuring (fast neutron, nitrogen and gamma) dose components for the head irradiated using the therapeutic neutron beam, whose parameters were obtained as the result of the modelling of the filter/moderator system for the BNCT therapeutic beam from the MARIA reactor.

A virtual model of the patient's head for BNCT

Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM, Otwock-Swierk, Poland

Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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The aim of the present work was creating a virtual phantom of a human head for BNCT, as a part of the BNCT programme project. This model is an amplification of...

A virtual model of the patient's head for BNCT

Published Online: Sep 22, 2010

Page range: 113 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-009-0011-y

Keywords
BNCT, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

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A virtual model of the patient's head for BNCT

Published Online: Sep 22, 2010

Page range: 113 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-009-0011-y

KeywordsBNCT, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

This content is open access.

Keywords
BNCT, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy