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Rabus, H.* ; Li, W.B. ; Villagrasa, C.* ; Schuemann, J.* ; Hepperle, P.A.* ; de la Fuente Rosales, L.* ; Beuve, M.* ; di Maria, S.* ; Klapproth, A. ; Li, C.Y.* ; Poignant, F.* ; Rudek, B.* ; Nettelbeck, H.*

Intercomparison of Monte Carlo calculated dose enhancement ratios for gold nanoparticles irradiated by X-rays: Assessing the uncertainty and correct methodology for extended beams.

Phys. Med. 84, 241-253 (2021)
Verlagsversion Postprint Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
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Results of a Monte Carlo code intercomparison exercise for simulations of the dose enhancement from a gold nanoparticle (GNP) irradiated by X-rays have been recently reported. To highlight potential differences between codes, the dose enhancement ratios (DERs) were shown for the narrow-beam geometry used in the simulations, which leads to values significantly higher than unity over distances in the order of several tens of micrometers from the GNP surface. As it has come to our attention that the figures in our paper have given rise to misinterpretation as showing 'the' DERs of GNPs under diagnostic X-ray irradiation, this article presents estimates of the DERs that would have been obtained with realistic radiation field extensions and presence of secondary particle equilibrium (SPE). These DER values are much smaller than those for a narrow-beam irradiation shown in our paper, and significant dose enhancement is only found within a few hundred nanometers around the GNP. The approach used to obtain these estimates required the development of a methodology to identify and, where possible, correct results from simulations whose implementation deviated from the initial exercise definition. Based on this methodology, literature on Monte Carlo simulated DERs has been critically assessed.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Schlagwörter Dose Enhancement ; Gold Nanoparticles ; Targeted Radiotherapy ; X-rays; Megavoltage Photons; Radiation-therapy; Radiotherapy; Energy; Simulation; Radiosensitization; Protons; Impact
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1120-1797
e-ISSN 1724-191X
Zeitschrift Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Quellenangaben Band: 84, Heft: , Seiten: 241-253 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1gb, Oxon, England
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Förderungen National Cancer Institute
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