Table 1 Definition of user inputs for the cell generator program for simulation of PBFT.

From: On the effectiveness of proton boron fusion therapy (PBFT) at cellular level

User input

Definition

User input

Definition

n

Array size (n2)

lcell

Cell length (µm)

tcell

Cell thickness (µm)

lnuc

Nucleus length (µm)

tbuffer

Buffer medium thickness (µm)

airad

Ambient air radius (cm)

maxcas

History number per batch

maxbch

Number of batches

e0

Input energy (MeV)

sobp

SOBP beam option (0: off, 1: on)

nsobp

Number of SOBP points

r0

Beam radius (mm)

ppm

Concentration of boron (ppm)

cytob

Boron cytoplasm (0: normal, 1: boron, 2: random boron)

nuclb

Nucleus boron (0: off, 1: on)

watb

Buffer boron (0: off, 1: on)

ppmw

Concentration of boron in buffer medium (ppm)

omp

Parallelization (0: off, 1: on)