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Table 1 The mean dose inside the mock tumour and the brain and the maximum dose of the skin of an anthropomorphic phantom simulated using the three different systems for an irradiation time of 1 h assuming a uniform distribution of 10B concentration of 25 µg/g

From: Evaluation of a treatment planning system developed for clinical boron neutron capture therapy and validation against an independent Monte Carlo dose calculation system

Dose component

Mean dose (Gy)

Maximum dose (Gy)

Tumour

Brain

Skin

NeuCure

SERA

In-house

NeuCure

SERA

In-house

NeuCure

SERA

In-house

Boron

4.7

4.8

4.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

4.4

3.0

4.2

Gamma ray

2.3

2.5

2.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

Nitrogen

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.5

Hydrogen

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

1.6

1.7

1.8

Total biologically weighted dose (Gyw)

66.4

67.9

66.2

4.5

4.2

4.2

18.2

14.4

18.3