Phantom developments and measurements for detecting the influence of the heterogeneous boron distribution on the treatment planning

This work evaluates the influence of the heterogeneous boron distribution on the Treatment Planning System (TPS), which is the main goal of a new PET-based TPS, named BDTPS (Boron Distribution Treatment Planning System) [1]. To achieve this goal, a phantom has been designed, constructed, CT and PET scanned. The data acquired so far constitutes the basis for a computational and experimental validation of BDTPS.