title: Biological verification of heavy ion treatment planning.
abstract: Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and thermoluminescent detectors (TLD-700) were used for physical and biological verification of heavy ion treatment planning. Experiments were performed in a cylindrical water phantom, in some cases with lung and bone equivalent material in front of the target volume. The results confirm the possibility of using thermoluminescent detectors for a quantitative verification of dose distributions. CHO cells can be used at least for qualitative dose verification.
authors.affiliation: Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung-Biophysik, Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitaroff
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kraft-Weyrather
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Geiss
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kraft
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D016466:CHO Cells; D002470:Cell Survival; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions