[HTML][HTML] Validation of a Monte Carlo framework for out-of-field dose calculations in proton therapy

M De Saint-Hubert, N Verbeek, C Bäumer… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… realistic proton treatment of a brain tumor, a clinically applied … beam model implemented in
RayStation were used to fully … As the role of proton beam therapy is continuously increasing, …

Clinical validation of a GPU-based Monte Carlo dose engine of a commercial treatment planning system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy

F Fracchiolla, E Engwall, M Janson, F Tamm… - Physica Medica, 2021 - Elsevier
… 636 approved plans with 3361 beams computed with the clinically implemented CPU-MC …
well as different target geometries and proton beam energies simulated all differ between the …

Automated Monte-Carlo re-calculation of proton therapy plans using Geant4/Gate: implementation and comparison to plan-specific quality assurance measurements

AH Aitkenhead, P Sitch, JC Richardson… - The British Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… This study describes the MC system implemented at The Christie for re-calculation of proton
… of the clinical service, covering the full range of clinical indications eligible within the NHS …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of a dose calculation algorithm based on Monte Carlo simulations for treatment planning towards MRI guided ion beam therapy

F Padilla-Cabal, AF Resch, D Georg, H Fuchs - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
… At MedAustron, a library of 255 energies is clinically used for proton beams, fulfilling the
treatment planning requirements of placing Bragg peaks between 30 and 380 mm water-…

A Monte Carlo based radiation response modelling framework to assess variability of clinical RBE in proton therapy

J Eulitz, B Lutz, P Wohlfahrt, A Dutz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
… RBE of 1.1 is applied in proton beam treatment planning. However, a controversial … clinical
impact and verifying clinical evidence on a variable RBE. We implemented a full Monte Carlo

Verification of a Monte Carlo dose calculation engine in proton minibeam radiotherapy in a passive scattering beamline for preclinical trials

C Guardiola, L De Marzi… - The British Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… strategy 1 in which irradiation is performed by using arrays of narrow (≤1 mm) proton
beams. pMBRT has already been implemented in our clinical centre (Institut Curie-Proton

Integrating an open source Monte Carlo code “MCsquare” for clinical use in intensity‐modulated proton therapy

W Deng, JE Younkin, K Souris, S Huang… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… MCsquare was successfully commissioned for a synchrotron-based proton beam therapy
resampling and implementing LET model-dependent biological dose calculation capabilities…

A standardized commissioning framework of Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithms for proton pencil beam scanning treatment planning systems

CW Chang, S Huang, J Harms, J Zhou… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
formula implementation of HU to RSP for our pencil beam dose calculation algorithm in
Eclipse. … Building a proton beam model from measured data is an inverse modeling problem for …

NRG oncology survey of Monte Carlo dose calculation use in US proton therapy centers

L Lin, PA Taylor, J Shen, J Saini… - … of Particle Therapy, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
dose calculation algorithm plays an important role in the accuracy and quality of proton beam
therapy… the feasibility of implementing MC in all clinical trials involving proton therapy. The …

Monte Carlo implementation of new algorithms for the evaluation of averaged-dose and-track linear energy transfers in 62 MeV clinical proton beams

G Petringa, L Pandola, S Agosteo… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
… We exploited the power of the Geant4 Monte Carlo … ) calculation in 62 MeV clinical proton
beams. The definitions of the averaged LET dose and LET track were extended, so as to fully