MCDOSE—A Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiation therapy treatment planning
Abstract MCDOSE is an EGS4 [1] user code developed at Stanford University for radiation
therapy treatment planning dose calculations. MCDOSE can be used to simulate the …
therapy treatment planning dose calculations. MCDOSE can be used to simulate the …
Monte Carlo treatment planning for photon and electron beams
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 …
substantially. This is partly due to enhanced linear accelerator technology, providing more …
TransDose: a transformer-based UNet model for fast and accurate dose calculation for MR-LINACs
F Xiao, J Cai, X Zhou, L Zhou, T Song… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To present a transformer-based UNet model (TransDose) for fast and accurate
dose calculation for magnetic resonance-linear accelerators (MR-LINACs). Approach. A 2D …
dose calculation for magnetic resonance-linear accelerators (MR-LINACs). Approach. A 2D …
A formalism for reference dosimetry in photon beams in the presence of a magnetic field
B van Asselen, SJ Woodings, SL Hackett… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A generic formalism is proposed for reference dosimetry in the presence of a magnetic field.
Besides the regular correction factors from the conventional reference dosimetry formalisms …
Besides the regular correction factors from the conventional reference dosimetry formalisms …
Monte Carlo methods for device simulations in radiation therapy
H Park, H Paganetti, J Schuemann… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play an important role in radiotherapy, especially as a method
to evaluate physical properties that are either impossible or difficult to measure. For …
to evaluate physical properties that are either impossible or difficult to measure. For …
Dosimetric and geometric evaluation of an open low-field magnetic resonance simulator for radiotherapy treatment planning of brain tumours
BH Kristensen, FJ Laursen, V Løgager… - Radiotherapy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is superior to
computed tomography (CT) in radiotherapy of brain tumours. In this study an open low-field …
computed tomography (CT) in radiotherapy of brain tumours. In this study an open low-field …
Clinical use of a commercial Monte Carlo treatment planning system for electron beams
JE Cygler, C Lochrin, GM Daskalov… - Physics in Medicine …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
In 2002 we fully implemented clinically a commercial Monte Carlo based treatment planning
system for electron beams. The software, developed by MDS Nordion (presently Nucletron) …
system for electron beams. The software, developed by MDS Nordion (presently Nucletron) …
GPU-based Monte Carlo radiotherapy dose calculation using phase-space sources
A novel phase-space source implementation has been designed for graphics processing
unit (GPU)-based Monte Carlo dose calculation engines. Short of full simulation of the linac …
unit (GPU)-based Monte Carlo dose calculation engines. Short of full simulation of the linac …
[HTML][HTML] Development of a Geant4 based Monte Carlo Algorithm to evaluate the MONACO VMAT treatment accuracy
J Fleckenstein, L Jahnke, F Lohr, F Wenz… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2013 - Elsevier
A method to evaluate the dosimetric accuracy of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
treatment plans, generated with the MONACOTM (version 3.0) treatment planning system in …
treatment plans, generated with the MONACOTM (version 3.0) treatment planning system in …
ARCHERRT – A GPU‐based and photon‐electron coupled Monte Carlo dose computing engine for radiation therapy: Software development and application to …
Purpose: Using the graphical processing units (GPU) hardware technology, an extremely
fast Monte Carlo (MC) code ARCHERRT is developed for radiation dose calculations in …
fast Monte Carlo (MC) code ARCHERRT is developed for radiation dose calculations in …