Dose calculation validation of VMC++ for photon beams

J Gardner, J Siebers, I Kawrakow - Medical Physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The radiation therapy specific Voxel Monte Carlo (VMC++) dose calculation algorithm
achieves a dramatic improvement in MC dose calculation efficiency for radiation therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the Swiss Monte Carlo Plan for a static and dynamic 6 MV photon beam

V Magaddino, P Manser, D Frei, W Volken… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2011 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo (MC) based dose calculations can compute dose distributions with an accuracy
surpassing that of conventional algorithms used in radiotherapy, especially in regions of …

Beam modeling and beam model commissioning for Monte Carlo dose calculation‐based radiation therapy treatment planning: Report of AAPM Task Group 157

CMC Ma, IJ Chetty, J Deng, B Faddegon… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Virtual source modelling of photon beams for Monte Carlo based radiation therapy treatment planning

MP Sikora - 2011 - bora.uib.no
Modern radiotherapy (RT) techniques such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT),
intensitymodulated radiotherapy (IMRT) or volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) carries …

MMCTP: a radiotherapy research environment for Monte Carlo and patient-specific treatment planning

A Alexander, F DeBlois, G Stroian… - Physics in Medicine …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiotherapy research lacks a flexible computational research environment for Monte Carlo
(MC) and patient-specific treatment planning. The purpose of this study was to develop a …

An integrated Monte Carlo dosimetric verification system for radiotherapy treatment planning

T Yamamoto, T Mizowaki, Y Miyabe… - Physics in Medicine …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract An integrated Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation system, MCRTV (Monte Carlo for
radiotherapy treatment plan verification), has been developed for clinical treatment plan …

ORANGE: a Monte Carlo dose engine for radiotherapy

W Van der Zee, A Hogenbirk… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
This study presents data for the verification of ORANGE, a fast MCNP-based dose engine for
radiotherapy treatment planning. In order to verify the new algorithm, it has been …

Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105: Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo‐based photon and electron external beam treatment planning

IJ Chetty, B Curran, JE Cygler, JJ DeMarco… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate
accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in heterogeneous patient …

[图书][B] A CT-based Monte Carlo dosimetry tool for radiotherapy treatment planning and analysis

JJ DeMarco - 1997 - search.proquest.com
Radiotherapy treatment planning has evolved considerably in the last twenty five years with
advances in computer hardware, image display, and plan evaluation tools. The calculation …

A Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning

CM Ma, JS Li, T Pawlicki, SB Jiang… - Physics in Medicine …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
A Monte Carlo user code, MCDOSE, has been developed for radiotherapy treatment
planning (RTP) dose calculations. MCDOSE is designed as a dose calculation module …