During the last few decades, accuracy in photon and electron radiotherapy has increased
substantially. This is partly due to enhanced linear accelerator technology, providing more …

The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate
accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in heterogeneous patient …

Dose calculation plays an important role in the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning
and beam delivery. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is capable of achieving the highest …

A Monte Carlo user code, MCDOSE, has been developed for radiotherapy treatment
planning (RTP) dose calculations. MCDOSE is designed as a dose calculation module …

Abstract Currently photon Monte Carlo treatment planning (MCTP) for a patient stored in the
patient database of a treatment planning system (TPS) can usually only be performed using …

Monte Carlo simulation techniques made a slow entry in the field of radiotherapy in the late
1970s. Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers …

General-purpose radiation transport Monte Carlo codes have been used for estimation of
the absorbed dose distribution in external photon and electron beam radiotherapy patients …

Abstract The macro Monte Carlo (MMC) method has been developed to improve the speed
of traditional Monte Carlo (MC) high-energy electron transport calculations without loss in …

Abstract A new Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm, thedose planning method'(DPM), and its
associated computer program for simulating the transport of electrons and photons in …

An accurate dose calculation in phantom and patient geometries requires an accurate
description of the radiation source. Errors in the radiation source description are propagated …