A Monte Carlo model of photon beams used in radiation therapy

DMJ Lovelock, CS Chui, R Mohan - Medical physics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… our model and to understand its possible limitations. In this paper we describe the Monte Carlo
model, called McRad (Monte Carlo … using only the Monte Carlo data with measured dose …

Monte Carlo Modelling Of External Photon Beams In Radiotherapy

F Verhaegen - Monte Carlo Techniques in radiation therapy, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
… emanating from an X-ray tube, or hadron beams. This chapter will … Monte Carlo modelling
of photon beams and the next one of electron beams, while others will deal with hadron beams

[HTML][HTML] Monte Carlo simulations in radiotherapy dosimetry

P Andreo - Radiation Oncology, 2018 - Springer
… of the Monte Carlo (MC) method in radiotherapy dosimetry has increased almost exponentially
in the last decades. Its widespread use in the field has converted this computer simulation

Using a Monte Carlo model to predict dosimetric properties of small radiotherapy photon fields

AJD Scott, AE Nahum, JD Fenwick - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… This work explores measurement differences between detectors by using a Monte Carlo
model matched to large-field data to predict properties of smaller fields. Measurements made …

Simple beam models for Monte Carlo photon beam dose calculations in radiotherapy

MK Fix, H Keller, P Rüegsegger, EJ Born - Medical physics, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
model for a 15 MV photon beam were investigated. On the basis of precalculated phase …
Mohan, ‘‘A Monte Carlo model of photon beams used in radiation therapy,’’ Med. Phys. 22, …

Monte Carlo photon beam modeling and commissioning for radiotherapy dose calculation algorithm

A Toutaoui, N Khelassi-Toutaoui, B Hattali - Physica Medica, 2014 - Elsevier
… work was a Monte Carlo verification of the … photon beams generated by the linear accelerator
(linac) Siemens Primus. The BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc (EGSnrc package) Monte Carlo model

Photon beam characterization and modelling for Monte Carlo treatment planning

J Deng, SB Jiang, A Kapur, J Li… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
… of clinical photon beams used in radiotherapy and compared the … on photon source modelling
using Monte Carlo simulations, this work demonstrates clearly that, for each photon beam

Investigation of photon beam output factors for conformal radiation therapyMonte Carlo simulations and measurements

F Haryanto, M Fippel, W Laub, O Dohm… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
beam output factors (OFs) for conformal radiation therapy and to compare the OFs measured
with different detectors with those simulated with Monte Carlo methodsphoton beam OFs in …

Monte Carlo modelling of external radiotherapy photon beams

F Verhaegen, J Seuntjens - Physics in medicine & biology, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
… influence of source components on beams of a particular type and … Monte Carlo studies
dealing specifically with the subject of the present review, ie, external photon beam Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo based beam model using a photon MLC for modulated electron radiotherapy

D Henzen, P Manser, D Frei, W Volken… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
electron beam model for electron fields shaped by the Varian Millennium 120-leaf photon
In conclusion, a beam model for electron beams shaped using the photon MLC has been …