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 …

The Los Alamos code mcnp4a (M_onte C_arlo N_‐P_article version 4A) is currently used to
simulate a variety of problems ranging from nuclear reactor analysis to boron neutron …

This paper outlines the" voxel reconstruction" technique used to model the macroscopic
human anatomy of the cranial, abdominal and cervical regions directly from CT scans …

The Los Alamos code MCNP4A (Monte Carlo M-Particle version 4A) is currently used to
simulate a variety of problems ranging from nuclear reactor analysis to boron neutron …

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 …

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 …

Radiation dose calculation engine as a base for X-ray radiation treatment planning has
been developed using Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit and applying highly efficient voxel …

The status of radiotherapy as an important treatment modality for cancer is indisputable. In
external beam radiotherapy, usually delivered with linear accelerators (linacs), there is a …

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 …