title: Effect of diameter of nanoparticles and capture cross-section library on macroscopic dose enhancement in boron neutron capture therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is evaluation of the effect of diameter of (10)B nanoparticles and various neutron capture cross-section libraries on macroscopic dose enhancement in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  MCNPX Monte Carlo code was used for simulation of a (252)Cf source, a soft tissue phantom and a tumor containing (10)B nanoparticles. Using (252)Cf as a neutron source, macroscopic dose enhancement factor (MDEF) and total dose rate in tumor in the presence of 100, 200, and 500 ppm of (10)B nanoparticles with 25 nm, 50 nm, and 100 nm diameters were calculated. Additionally, the effect of ENDF, JEFF, JENDL, and CENDL neutron capture cross-section libraries on MDEF was evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is not a linear relationship between the average MDEF value and nanoparticles' diameter but the average MDEF grows with increased concentration of (10)B nanoparticles. There is an increasing trend for average MDEF with the tumor distance. The average MDEF values were obtained the same for various neutron capture cross-section libraries. The maximum and minimum doses that effect on the total dose in tumor were neutron and secondary photon doses, respectively. Furthermore, the boron capture related dose component reduced in some extent with increase of diameter of (10)B nanoparticles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that from physical point of view, various nanoparticle diameters have no dominant effect on average MDEF value in tumor. Furthermore, it is concluded that various neutron capture cross-section libraries are resulted to the same macroscopic dose enhancements. However, it is predicted that taking into account the biological effects for various nanoparticle diameters will result in different dose enhancements.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Bagher
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Farhood
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghorbani
keywords: boron neutron capture therapy; cross-section library; dose enhancement nanoparticle
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