Table 8 Components of the dose rate at the tumor \({\dot{D}}_{max}\) and \({\dot{D}}_{min}\) dose category for Case 3 obtained using the homo-boron and hetero-boron methods.
From: Correcting for the heterogeneous boron distribution in a tumor for BNCT dose calculation
Dose Category | Method | TNR | \({\dot{D}}_{B}\)(cGy-Eq/s) | \({\dot{D}}_{N}\)(cGy-Eq/s) | \({\dot{D}}_{P}\)(cGy-Eq/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GTV \({\dot{D}}_{max}\) | Homo-boron | 3.85 | 7.001 (95.3%) | 0.115 (1.6%) | 0.232 (3.2%) |
Hetero-boron | 5.38 | 7.921 (96.1%) | 0.102 (1.2%) | 0.219 (2.7%) | |
Difference | 39.7% | 13.1% | − 11.3% | − 5.6% | |
GTV \({\dot{D}}_{min}\) | Homo-boron | 3.85 | 2.614 (93.5%) | 0.038 (1.4%) | 0.143 (5.1%) |
Hetero-boron | 2.05 | 1.480 (88.8%) | 0.037 (2.2%) | 0.150 (9.0%) | |
Difference | − 46.8% | − 43.4% | − 2.6% | 4.9% |
