Purpose To commission an open source Monte Carlo (MC) dose engine,“MCsquare” for a
synchrotron‐based proton machine, integrate it into our in‐house C++‐based I/O user …

Purpose Accuracy of dose calculation models and robustness under various uncertainties
are key factors influencing the quality of intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plans. To …

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 To perform the validation of the GPU-based (Graphical Processing Unit based)
proton Monte Carlo (MC) dose engine implemented in a commercial TPS (RayStation 10B) …

Monte Carlo (MC) methods are acknowledged as the most accurate technique to calculate
dose distributions. However, due its lengthy calculation times, they are difficult to utilize in …

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 …

Monte Carlo (MC)‐based dose calculations are generally superior to analytical dose
calculations (ADC) in modeling the dose distribution for proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) …

A pencil beam algorithm as a component of an optimization algorithm for intensity
modulated proton therapy (IMPT) is presented. The pencil beam algorithm is tuned to the …

Purpose Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation is generally superior to analytical dose
calculation (ADC) used in commercial TPS to model the dose distribution especially for …