Calculation of the Biological Efficiency of the Proton Component from 14.8 MeV Neutron Irradiation in Computational Biology with Help of Video Cards

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2022 Jun;173(2):281-285. doi: 10.1007/s10517-022-05534-y. Epub 2022 Jun 23.

Abstract

Fast neutron therapy, which previously has demonstrated effective results, but along with a large number of complications, can again be considered a promising treatment method in the treatment of cancer. One of the ways of analyzing the relative biological efficiency and accurate biological dose of fast neutrons in body tissues is to improve the algorithms of computational biology and mathematical modeling. A high-performance computing code was written which allows to estimate in real-time mode the biological dose of the proton component from the action of neutron radiation with an energy of 14.8 MeV. A comparative analysis of the computing performance on various video cards was also performed.

Keywords: computational biology; fast neutron therapy; mathematical modeling; proton component; radiobiology.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Biology
  • Neutrons
  • Proton Therapy* / methods
  • Protons*

Substances

  • Protons