Treatment planning for light ions: how to take into account relative biological effectiveness (RBE).
A new treatment planning program was developed for the heavy ion therapy facility at GSI, which is tailored to the special needs for an active beam delivery using a magnetic raster scanner. It also includes a biological model for the estimation of biological effective dose for carbon ions and realizes a fully biological treatment planning. Biological effective dose distributions and RBE maps can be displayed and assessed from the graphical user interface.
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg. o.jaekel@dkfz-heidelberg.de
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D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D011881:Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed