title: Irradiation facility at the TRIGA Mainz for treatment of liver metastases.
abstract: The TRIGA Mark II reactor at the University of Mainz provides ideal conditions for duplicating BNCT treatment as performed in Pavia, Italy, in 2001 and 2003 [Pinelli, T., Zonta, A., Altieri, S., Barni, S., Braghieri, A., Pedroni, P., Bruschi, P., Chiari, P., Ferrari, C., Fossati, F., Nano, R., Ngnitejeu Tata, S., Prati, U., Ricevuti, G., Roveda, L., Zonta, C., 2002. TAOrMINA: from the first idea to the application to the human liver. In: Sauerwein et al. (Eds.), Research and Development in Neutron Capture Therapy. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy, Monduzzi editore, Bologna, pp. 1065-1072]. In order to determine the optimal parameters for the planned therapy and therefore for the design of the thermal column, calculations were conducted using the MCNP-code and the transport code ATTILA. The results of the parameter study as well as a possible configuration for the irradiation of the liver are presented.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, D-55128 Mainz, Germany. gabriele.hample@uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hampel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wortmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blaickner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knorr
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Kratz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lizón Aguilar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minouchehr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagels
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vogtländer
mesh_terms: D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005214:Fast Neutrons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data