geant4 (GEometry ANd Tracking 4) is an object‐oriented Monte Carlo simulation toolkit that
has been developed by a worldwide collaboration of scientists. It simulates the passage of …

Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) plays a key role in medical applications, especially for
emission tomography and radiotherapy. However MCS is also associated with long …

In this work, the condensed history algorithm in GEANT4 (version 4.6. 2. p01) is examined.
We performed simulations of an ionization chamber composed of water for 1.25 MeV …

A new grid-based Boltzmann equation solver, Acuros™, was developed specifically for
performing accurate and rapid radiotherapy dose calculations. In this study we …

The use of Monte Carlo has proved to be an essential tool in nuclear medicine, to assist in
the design of new medical devices, in the development of new image reconstruction …

Reliable treatment planning of highly conformal scanned ion beam therapy demands
accurate tools for the determination and characterization of the individual pencil-like beams …

We simulated electromagnetic and nuclear processes induced by clinical proton beams in
order to select the physics setting for the 8.1 version of the Geant4 toolkit. A modular physics …

Monte Carlo dosimetry calculations are essential methods in radiation therapy. To take full
advantage of this tool, the beam delivery system has to be simulated in detail and the initial …

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 …

Purpose: Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is an established technique for dose calculation in
diagnostic radiology. The major drawback is its high computational demand, which limits the …