Accurate radiation dose calculation is essential for successful proton radiotherapy. Monte
Carlo (MC) simulation is considered to be the most accurate method. However, the long …

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is commonly considered as the most accurate dose calculation
method for proton therapy. Aiming at achieving fast MC dose calculations for clinical …

Monte Carlo (MC) methods are recognized as the gold-standard for dose calculation,
however they have not replaced analytical methods up to now due to their lengthy …

Purpose: Very fast Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of proton transport have been
implemented recently on graphics processing units (GPUs). However, these MCs usually …

An essential component in proton radiotherapy is the algorithm to calculate the radiation
dose to be delivered to the patient. The most common dose algorithms are fast but they are …

Purpose: While Monte Carlo particle transport has proven useful in many areas (treatment
head design, dose calculation, shielding design, and imaging studies) and has been …

Dose calculation algorithms based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play a crucial role in
radiotherapy. Here, the development and benchmarking of a novel MC dose engine …

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is commonly considered to be the most accurate dose
calculation method in radiotherapy. However, its efficiency still requires improvement for …

We present commissioning and validation of Fred, a graphical processing unit (GPU)–
accelerated Monte Carlo code, for two proton beam therapy facilities of different beam line …

Purpose: Accuracy in proton therapy treatment planning can be improved using Monte Carlo
(MC) simulations. However the long computation time of such methods hinders their use in …