Boron Neutron
Capture Therapy

RaySearch offers support to plan for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)*. BNCT is a unique type of radiation therapy that enables targeting of cancer at the cellular level. BNCT planning in RayStation is developed together with Sumitomo, Neutron Therapeutics and TAE Life Sciences.

*Subject to regulatory clearance in some markets.

Key Features

Support for defining BNCT-specific RBE models.
BNCT treatment plans creation. The isocenter, source axis distance, couch and gantry angle, collimator, and planned blood boron concentration is specified for each beam.
Computation for four physical dose components and RBE dose with a dose engine provided by Neutron Therapeutics or Sumitomo Heavy industries.
Plan approval, DICOM export and plan reports.

Introduction to the world’s first commercially available treatment planning system for boron neutron capture therapy

Presentation by Naonori HU, Lecturer, Medical Physicist at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University. RaySearch particle user meeting, in conjunction with PTCOG 2024 in Singapore.

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