Estimate of neutron secondary doses received by patients in proton therapy : cases of ophtalmologic treatments
Thesis: This research thesis aims at assessing doses due to secondary neutrons and received by the organs of a patient which are located outside of the treatment field. The study focused on ophthalmological treatments performed at the Orsay proton therapy centre. A 75 eV beam line model has first been developed with the MCNPX Monte Carlo code. Several experimental validations of this model have been performed: proton dose distribution in a water phantom, ambient equivalent dose due to secondary neutrons and neutron spectra in the treatment room, and doses deposited by secondary neutrons in an anthropomorphous phantom. Simulations and measurements are in correct agreement. Then, a numeric assessment of secondary doses received by the patient's organs has been performed by using a MIRD-type mathematical phantom. These doses have been computed for several organs: the non-treated eye, the brain, the thyroid, and other parts of the body situated either in the front part of the body (the one directly exposed to neutrons generated in the treatment line) or deeper and further from the treatment field
Author(s)
Florent Martinetti
Date of publication
- 2009
Keywords
- Proton therapy
- Dosimetry
- Spectroscopy
Issuing body(s)
- Université Paris 11
Date of defense
- 01/12/2009
Thesis director(s)
- Joël Hérault
URL of the HAL notice
Version
- 1