质子束治疗中非均匀组织的等效水厚度修正研究

非均匀组织等效水厚度修正是研究质子放射治疗的重要组成部分, 利用蒙特卡罗Fluka2011.2程序模拟了不同能量(50–250 MeV)的质子束入射到不同介质中的输运过程, 总结出了在不同介质中质子束初始能量与质子束Bragg峰深度关系, 并拟合出质子束在介质中的等效水厚度修正公式. 结果表明, 对不同能量的质子束入射到非均匀组织中, 通过拟合公式计算出Bragg峰深度值与Fluka模拟的质子束Bragg峰的位置相差在1 mm 之内. 如果建立起介质和水的Bragg峰比与电子密度比关系的数据库, 该公式有可能用于临床上的质子放射治疗的剂量计算中. 关键词： 蒙特卡罗 质子治疗 等效水厚度 Bragg 峰     

重离子束治癌中深度剂量分布优化

针对兰州重离子研究装置所加速的120MeV/u ¹²C离子束,利用模拟退火优化算法进行了Bragg峰展宽的剂量优化.取相同的展宽区域(30mm),4种不同的步长(2,1,0.5,0.25mm)进行Bragg峰展宽模拟.对所得到的剂量平均值,均方差,入射口剂量,峰坪比等优化结果的参数做了比较.讨论了重离子束治癌临床上最优的Bragg峰展宽模型的选取.     

Investigation of chromosome damage in human cells irradiated by beam for proton therapy produced by phasotron at the joint institute for nuclear research

The physical characteristics of the proton beam produced by a phasotron at JINR for radiation therapy are given. Chromosome damage in cells on the model of human blood lymphocytes irradiated by the initial proton beam with an energy of 170 MeV at the entrance to the object and in the Bragg peak region is studied, which corresponds to the irradiation of surrounding tissues along the beam path and tumor tissues. High proton efficiency in the Bragg peak is shown. RBE in the Bragg peak is ～1.25 in the dose range 1–4 Gy, while the proton efficiency of the initial beam is the same as that of standard γ radiation. Since delivering a dose to a tumor is performed by irradiating the patient from several directions (up to 7), the level of cytogenetic damage to cells of the surrounding tissues on the path of the initial beam is reduced by approximately an order of magnitude. Thus, for a dose of 3 Gy in a tumor, up to 80% of its cells are damaged, while the level of damage in the surrounding tissues does not exceed 10%. The results of investigations confirm the high efficiency of proton beams for radiation therapy.     

SOBP forming for carbon therapy

A ridge carbon beam filter for Spreading Out the Bragg Peak (SOBP) up to 20 mm in the targeted area has been designed and experimentally tested. The instrument was constructed of Plexiglas with a density of 1.165 g/cm³ and has a “teeth” structure with a period of 2.5 mm. The design is based on a simple analytical model and detailed GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations. In-beam test measurements were performed with a 500-MeV/u ¹²C beam at the Nuclotron facility of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna. The filter can be used as a static device positioned in front of patients undergoing carbon therapy.     

软调制双散射质子治疗束流配送系统

质子治疗是一种新兴的放射治疗方法,它的主要优点是剂量分布特性优良,可以使高辐射剂量集中于肿瘤部位,减少对周围正常组织的损伤.这一优点的实现主要依靠束流配送系统,它包含质子能量调节与调制、束流扩展和准直等功能.现提出一种新的软调制双散射质子治疗束流配送系统.其特点是利用程序控制质子能量变化以改变质子在体内的射程从而展宽Bragg峰,同时利用两次散射获得较大面积的均匀照射野.它的优点是运行可靠、调节灵活,并特别有利于实现适形治疗.     

重离子放射治疗双微小展宽峰组合照射方法

在基于被动式束流配送系统的分层适形重离子治疗当中,需要利用微型脊形过滤器（mini ridge filter,mini-RF）将单能重离子束Bragg峰展宽为峰区近似高斯分布的微小展宽峰（mini spread-out Bragg peak,mini-SOBP）,从而达到减少照射分层数及照射时间的目的。采用较宽的mini-SOBP可以有效减少照射分层数,但会增大展宽Bragg峰（SOBP）远端剂量跌落距离,增加对靶区后方正常组织或危及器官的辐照剂量。这一问题可以通过双mini-SOBP的组合照射方法来解决。使用2种mini-RF对单能重离子束Bragg峰略微展宽得到2种半高宽（FWHM）且剂量分布近似高斯分布的mini-SOBP,通过基于放射生物学模型的剂量优化,证实了在SOBP平顶区按生物有效剂量均匀和物理吸收剂量均匀的展宽情况下,双mini-SOBP组合照射方法均可以在减少照射分层数的同时较大幅度地减小SOBP远端剂量跌落距离。In layer-stacking conformal heavy-ion therapy based on passive beam delivery system,it is necessary to minimize the layer numbers and reduce irradiation time for layer-stacking conformal heavy-ion therapy.Gaussian shaped mini spread-out Bragg peaks (mini-SOBP) were generated by mini ridge filters (mini-RF) for monoenergetic heavy ion beams.It is effective to minimize the layer number by using mini-SOBPs with the bigger full width at the half maximum (FWHM),but in this way the distal dose fall-off distance of a spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) will be enlarged,increasing the radiation damage to normal tissue or organ at risk behind the target volume.This issue could be solved by using mini-SOBPs based combinatorial irradiation method.In this study,Gaussian shaped mini-SOBPs with two different FWHMs were generated by two different mini-RFs for monoenergetic heavy ion beams.Based on radiobiological model calculations and dose optimizations,the mini-SOBPs based combinatorial irradiation method was confirmed to reduce the distal dose fall-off distances of SOBPs while minimizing the layer numbers for layer-stacking conformal heavy-ion therapy.     

Characterisation of proton irradiated CR-39 detector using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

The damaged produced by proton beam slowed down in CR-39 polymer results in highest degree of disorder with change of free volume proprieties. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is nowadays well recognized as powerful tool of microstructure investigations. PALS is used in order to get more information at an atomic scale of modifications induced by irradiation of polymers particularly the variation of free volume in the irradiated region. In this paper, the mean free volume hole radii and average free volume of the micro-voids in CR-39 polymer irradiated with 200 MeV therapy proton beam at different positions in spread out Bragg Peak region (SOBP) at Ithemba proton therapy facility have been determined using PALS. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.     

展宽重离子束的Bragg峰

介绍了自行设计加工的用于对重离子束Bragg峰进行展宽的旋转式射程调制器. 实验上运用双电离室法测定了75MeV/u ¹²C离子束的Bragg曲线以及经该射程调制器调制的75MeV/u ¹⁶O及¹²C离子束的Bragg曲线,调制的离子束展示出明显展宽的Bragg峰,并将测量结果同计算结果进行了比较.     

HIRFL浅层肿瘤重离子治疗终端束流配送系统性能的实验验证

详细介绍了兰州重离子研究装置(HIRFL)浅层肿瘤重离子治疗终端的被动式束流配送系统, 对该束流配送系统重要组成部件及其整体的性能进行了实验验证. Bragg峰展宽装置脊形过滤器及能量调节装置射程移位器测试结果显示该设备的性能指标达到设计要求. 为验证该被动式束流配送系统的整体性能, 进行了束流成形实验, 模拟对肿瘤靶区的三维适形照射. 结果表明: 利用该束流配送系统可实施对肿瘤的三维适形放射治疗. HIRFL浅层肿瘤治疗装置束流配送系统性能的验证为下一步开展肿瘤重离子束治疗临床试验奠定了基础.     

碳离子束射程快速验证方法的蒙特卡罗模拟研究

可通过楔形装置把离子束(质子和重离子)纵向上的的深度剂量分布转换成横向上的剂量分布,进行离子束射程的快速测量及验证。本工作通过基于GEANT4内核的GATE蒙特卡罗模拟平台,模拟计算了不同能量碳离子束在用于制作楔形装置的铜、铝、铁和有机玻璃等材料中的深度剂量分布,得到不同能量碳离子束在不同材料中Bragg峰位所处深度与能量之间的关系;模拟计算了不同能量碳离子束穿越单楔板、双楔板和大小组合楔板等楔形装置后横向上的剂量分布,得到了横向剂量峰值出现位置与碳离子束射程之间的关系。本文蒙特卡罗模拟研究为进一步开发重离子治疗当中的射程快速验证方法与设备奠定了坚实的基础。     

The effect of capping layers on low-angle Bragg peaks from copper-cobalt multilayers

Using simulations based on the Parratt theory for grazing incidence X-ray specular reflectivity, we show that small variations in the thickness of the gold cap used to prevent oxidation in Co/Cu multilayers can have a dramatic effect on the height and position of the low-order Bragg peaks from these multilayers. The height of the specular Bragg peak cannot be used as a measured of interface roughness nor its position used to determine multilayer period unless the cap thickness is known or determined precisely by simulation.     

SHIELD程序靶设计的实用化及其在W靶参数设计中的应用

将GEANT3.21中的几何设计和图示技术移植到SHIELD程序中,并在此基础上对几种具有复杂构造的W靶进行参数设计的初步研究.     

Multilayer neutron monochromator-polarizer based on iron

In this paper, a multilayer neutron monochromator-polarizer, consisting of 490 alternating layers of iron and niobium, is proposed. Each layer of iron or niobium has a thickness of 25 Å. The use of thin layers in the structure period improves the quality of the monochromator-polarizer and yields a neutron beam reflected from this structure with high wavelength resolution and a small fraction of minor nonmonochromatic contributions to the intensity of the reflected beam. The fact that the layer thicknesses are the same in the period suppresses even-order Bragg peaks. The parameters of the first-order Bragg peak for eight model neutron monochromators-polarizers based on iron and cobalt are given. It follows from the calculated curve of the coefficient of neutron reflection from the Fe/Nb structure that the first-order Bragg peak has a half width of 1.1%, a relative reflection coefficient of 0.997, and a maximum polarizing efficiency of unity. We also present the first experimental curves of the coefficient of neutron reflection from this structure, depending on the momentum transfer for both spin components of the beam.     

基于磁场调制的质子放疗新方法及其调制机制

提出一种基于磁场调制的质子放射治疗新方法, 探索肿瘤剂量、正常器官剂量与磁场调制方法之间的关联机制, 研究磁场调制质子放疗在器官环绕型肿瘤(肿瘤被正常器官环绕或包围)治疗中的应用。基于蒙特卡罗粒子输运程序Geant4,分别建立了理想器官环绕结构（由若干平行六面体结构组成）和含胰腺肿瘤人体腹部解剖结构两种几何构型。分别对两种几何构型内部施加磁场, 通过改变磁场强度和方向,调制质子束布拉格峰几何位置, 利用质子径迹的磁致偏转效应使质子束绕开正常器官对肿瘤进行照射。 对于理想器官环绕型构型, 磁场调制质子放疗可在保证95%剂量覆盖肿瘤情况下将受质子照射正常器官体积控制在接近于零的极低水平。对于胰腺肿瘤解剖构型, 磁场调制方法可使质子束在调制磁场作用下, 绕过脊髓和肾脏照射肿瘤, 并使肿瘤被95%剂量较好地覆盖。通过磁场调制, 可对质子束布拉格峰几何位置和质子径迹弯曲程度进行调制, 绕过正常器官对肿瘤进行照射,从而最大限度地减少正常器官的受照体积和剂量。     

Estimating the effectiveness of human-cell irradiation by protons of a therapeutic beam of the joint institute for nuclear research phasotron using cytogenetic methods

The effectiveness of the impact of therapeutic proton beams in human cells with respect to the criterion of formation of chromosome aberrations in human-blood lymphocytes is estimated. The physical characteristics of radiation (proton LET at the input of the object and in the region of the modified Bragg peak) and the role of the biological factor (the differences in the radiosensitivity of nondividing cells corresponding to the irradiation of normal tissues along the proton-beam path and tumor tissues) are taken into account. The relative biological effectiveness of protons is ∼1 at the beam input of the object and ∼1.2 in the Bragg peak region. Taking into account the higher radiosensitivity of dividing cells in the G ₂ phase of the cell cycle, the irradiation effectiveness increases to ∼1.4.     

均匀磁场下碳离子束剂量平均LET及纳剂量学量的分布

随着磁共振成像(MRI)技术的发展,图像引导放射治疗在放射肿瘤学中的作用和重要性正在迅速增加,本研究分析了外加均匀磁场对碳离子束的剂量平均LET以及纳剂量学量的影响。通过基于GEANT4内核的GATE蒙特卡罗(Monte Carlo, MC)模拟平台,模拟计算了不同磁场环境下,不同能量碳离子束剂量平均LET和纳剂量学量的分布。结果发现,平行磁场对碳离子束的剂量平均LET和纳剂量学量均无显著影响,垂直磁场对碳离子束的剂量平均LET及纳剂量学量的影响主要集中在布拉格峰区域,其影响主要是碳离子束在磁场中受到洛伦兹力作用而发生横向偏转,进而使得碳离子束布拉格峰位置发生横向侧移导致的。这些结果为进一步研究磁场对碳离子束治疗性能的影响打下了坚实的基础。     

Microdosimetric Evaluation on the Metallic Nanoparticle-Mediated Dose Enhancement in Radiotherapeutic Proton Irradiation

Monte Carlo simulations are performed on the dosimetric effect of metallic nanoparticles in a clinical proton irradiation.With an in-water hitting model of a single nanoparticle,the secondar.y electrons dose,deposited around the particle surface,is calculated for the proton irradiations in a typical spread-out Bragg peak.The dose enhancement,as the ratio of electron doses from the target particle and background water,is evaluated for the dependence on the depth of hitting,particle size,elements,coating material and thickness.The results indicate a significant dose enhancement on the particle surface within-200 nm,but a fast decay in further distance.The dose enhancement presents a consistency along the spread-out Bragg peak,a positive dependence on both the particle size and electron density,but a strong attenuation by surface coating.Particle cluster may increase the incdividual dose enhajncement by electron crossfire,but is only noticeable in a compact case.The dose enhancement potentiates a radiosensitization use of metallic nanoparticles in clinical proton therapy,but challenqging meanwhile with the narrow ranqge of enhancement effect.     

Signal distortion noise in volume phase holograms

Signal distortion noise in volume phase holograms is analysed for the case in which the object beam consists of two plane waves. It is shown that, for a given (on-Bragg) signal diffraction efficiency, the magnitude of the signal distortion noise is inversely proportional to the square of crystal thickness. Furthermore, as a function of the angular position of the reconstruction beam, the signal distortion noise has two peaks: one at the Bragg angle and the other at a deviation ₀ from the Bragg angle, where ₀ is a function of relative angles between the components of the object beam and the reference beam. The on-Bragg peak of the signal distortion noise is experimentally located for volume phase holograms recorded in Fe-doped LiNbO₃. The measured angular position is found to be in accord with the calculated value.     

碳离子在不同材料叶片的多叶光栅上产生的次级粒子研究

在碳离子放射治疗中,碳离子束与治疗头设备和患者身体相互作用产生的次级粒子可以到达患者体内的许多区域,在产生的次级粒子中以中子和$\gamma $射线的产额为最大。在不影响束流配送功能的情况下,减少碳离子放疗中产生的次级中子和$\gamma $射线对于降低放疗后出现的正常组织并发症及二次肿瘤风险有着非常重要的意义。本文利用蒙特卡罗(Monte Carlo)方法模拟计算了被动式束流配送系统下,400 MeV/u碳离子束照射到由不同材料叶片构成的多叶光栅(MLC)形成典型的10 cm×10 cm方形射野时,在水模体中产生的次级中子和$\gamma $射线所沉积的剂量及空间分布等。模拟结果显示:碳离子束通过MLC形成射野后在水模体中产生的次级中子主要分布在水模体的入射端,次级$\gamma $射线较为均匀的分布在整个水模体内,且较多分布在具有展宽Bragg峰(SOBP)射野在水模体中贯穿时的坪区。对于MLC叶片材料的选择,则需根据实际情况对叶片厚度以及次级粒子当量剂量的要求来确定。本文通过模拟研究不同MLC叶片材料产生次级粒子的情况,为被动式束流配送系统中MLC叶片及其他元件的材料选择提供了科学依据。     

GEANT4SPE质子屏蔽和半导体材料辐射效应模拟

利用蒙特卡罗软件GEANT4模拟太阳宇宙射线中能量为1 MeV~10 GeV质子对航天飞行器的影响,透射质子对半导体材料的损伤效应,计算外壳铝层对质子能谱的屏蔽效应.模拟结果表明,质子在介质中的线性能量转移、射程等和参考数据吻合较好;沿质子轨迹纵向能量沉积出现Bragg峰,且非弹性作用是影响能量沉积Bragg曲线的重要因素;对于半导体Si材料,反冲原子主要分布在质子轨迹线周围,并沿轨迹线横向‘扩散’,浓度降低;Al层屏蔽使入射质子能谱硬化,当Al层厚度超过10 mm时,厚度增加对屏蔽效果的改善不明显,反而次级粒子辐射增强效应变大.