Treatment planning for light ions: how to take into account relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Strahlenther Onkol. 1999 Jun:175 Suppl 2:12-4. doi: 10.1007/BF03038877.

Abstract

A new treatment planning program was developed for the heavy ion therapy facility at GSI, which is tailored to the special needs for an active beam delivery using a magnetic raster scanner. It also includes a biological model for the estimation of biological effective dose for carbon ions and realizes a fully biological treatment planning. Biological effective dose distributions and RBE maps can be displayed and assessed from the graphical user interface.

MeSH terms

  • Chondrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Chondrosarcoma / radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted*
  • Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed