title: Verification of nuclear data for the Tsukuba plan, a newly developed treatment planning system for boron neutron capture therapy.
abstract: Various verifications were performed to apply JENDL-4.0 as nuclear data for a newly developed treatment planning system with a homogeneous or precise human-like phantom. The nitrogen dose calculated by JENDL-4.0 differed slightly from that calculated by ENDF/B-VII.0. However, the total weighted dose-based dose volume histogram in the boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) treatment for brain tumors calculated by JENDL-4.0 was in good agreement with the results of the ENDF/B-VII.0 calculation. Therefore, calculation with JENDL-4.0 can be applied to the BNCT dose calculation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan. Electronic address: kumada@pmrc.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumada
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.affiliation: Proton Medical Research Centre, University of Tsukuba, 2-1-1, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8576, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanashi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakae
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurai
mesh_terms: D016754:Boron Neutron Capture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: BNCT; Computational dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Nuclear data; Treatment planning system