Thanks to their unique optical and physicochemical properties, gold nanoparticles have
gained increased interest as radiosensitizing, photothermal therapy and optical imaging …

The clinical importance of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients justifies the
development and use of research tools at the fundamental, pre-clinical, and ultimately …

To calculate the yield of direct DNA damage induced by low energy electrons using Monte
Carlo generated microdosimetric spectra at the nanometer scale and examine the influence …

Purpose Intensity modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) is a novel high dose rate brachytherapy
(HDR BT) technique which incorporates static or dynamic shielding to increase tumor …

The increasing clinical use of low-energy photon and electron sources (below few tens of
keV) has raised concerns on the adequacy of the existing approximation of an energy …

Nuclear reactions induced during high-energy radiotherapy produce secondary neutrons
that, due to their carcinogenic potential, constitute an important risk for the development of …

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a cellular-level hadron therapy achieving
therapeutic effects via the synergistic action of multiple particles, including Lithium, alpha …

Microscopic energy deposition distributions from ionizing radiation vary depending on
biological target size and are used to predict the biological effects of an irradiation. Ionizing …

Background The microdosimetric quantity lineal energy and its mean values have proven
useful for quantifying radiation quality in many situations. The ratio of dose‐mean lineal …

Purpose To investigate differences between prescribed and postimplant calculated dose in
192 Ir high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy (HDR-EBT) by evaluating dose to clinical …