COMPUTATIONAL DOSIMETRY AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BORON NEUTRON-CAPTURE THERAPY

The technology for computational dosimetry and treatment planning for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) has advanced significantly over t he past few years. Because of the more complex nature of the problem, the computational methods that work well for treatment planning in pho ton radiotherapy are not applicable to BNCT. The necessary methods hav e, however, been developed and have been successfully employed both fo r research applications as well as human trials, although further impr ovements in speed are needed for routine clinical applications. Comput ational geometry for BNCT applications can be constructed directly fro m tomographic medical imagery and computed radiation dose distribution s can be readily displayed in formats that are familiar to the radioth erapy community.