title: Unifying dose specification between clinical BNCT centers in the Americas.
abstract: A dosimetry intercomparison between the boron neutron capture therapy groups of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Argentina was performed to enable combined analyses of NCT patient data between the different centers. In-air and dose versus depth measurements in a rectangular water phantom were performed at the hyperthermal neutron beam facility of the RA-6 reactor, Bariloche. Calculated dose profiles from the CNEA treatment planning system NCTPlan that were calibrated against in-house measurements required normalizations of 1.0 (thermal neutrons), 1.13 (photons), and 0.74 (fast neutrons) to match the dosimetry of MIT.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. flavor@mit.edu
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Binns
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Harling
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kiger
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Casal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Longhino
authors.forename: O A Calzetta
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Larrieu
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Blaumann
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002138:Calibration; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D011874:Radiometry / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity