Calculation by GAMOS/Geant4 simulation of cellular energy distributions from alpha and lithium-7 particles created by BNCT

Karaoglu A., Arce P., Obradors D., Lagares J. I., Unak P.

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, vol.132, pp.206-211, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 132
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.11.021
  • Journal Name: Applied Radiation and Isotopes
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.206-211
  • Keywords: Boron neutron capture therapy, Boron-10, Lithium-7 particles, Alpha particles, BSH, Geant4, GAMOS, BPA, Microdosimetry, Dose distribution
  • Istanbul Gelisim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Monte Carlo (MC) has demonstrated to be a suitable technique to evaluate the microdosimetric parameters at the cellular level for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). The objectives of the current study are first to validate GAMOS MC codes with different Geant4 physics models for the range calculations of alpha particles. Once the proper physics is selected, the second objective is to determine the distributions of deposited energy in cellular medium originated by alpha and lithium-7 particles induced by 10B(n,α)7Li.