Purpose: To present a new accelerated Monte Carlo code for CT‐based dose calculations in
high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy. The new code (HDRMC) accounts for both tissue and …

Despite widespread use of high‐intensity Ir‐192 remotely afterloaded sources, no published
measured or calculated dose‐rate tables for currently used source designs are available …

Purpose: It is generally believed that “hot” spots should be avoided in radiotherapy because
they lead to complications. Dose homogeneity within the target volume is much more difficult …

To obtain dose distributions more physically representative to the patient anatomy in
brachytherapy, calculation algorithms that can account for heterogeneity are required. The …

The aim of this paper is to determine the dosimetric impact of trace elements in human
tissues for low-energy photon sources used in brachytherapy. Monte Carlo dose …

The introduction of model‐based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) in brachytherapy
provides an opportunity for a more accurate dose calculation and opens the possibility for …

Purpose Permanent implant prostate brachytherapy plays an important role in prostate
cancer treatment, but dose evaluations typically follow the water-based TG-43 formalism …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to obtain equivalent doses in radiosensitive organs
(aside from the bladder and rectum) when applying high‐dose‐rate (HDR) brachytherapy to …

Today's brachytherapy planning systems perform computation of energy deposition in
patients by assuming homogeneous water medium and multiplicative transmission factors …

PURPOSE: To compare the urethral and prostate absolute and biologic effective doses
(BEDs) for 131Cs and 125I prostate permanent implant brachytherapy (PPI). METHODS …