Monte Carlo simulations in radiotherapy dosimetry

P Andreo - Radiation Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Background The use of the Monte Carlo (MC) method in radiotherapy dosimetry has
increased almost exponentially in the last decades. Its widespread use in the field has …

Heterogeneous physical phantom for I-125 dose measurements and dose-to-medium determination

PCG Antunes, PTD Siqueira, JMB Shorto, H Yoriyaz - Brachytherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT PURPOSE In this paper we present a further step in the implementation of a
physical phantom designed to generate sets of “true” independent reference data as …

A versatile physical phantom design and construction for I-125 dose measurements and dose-to-medium determination

PCG Antunes, PTD Siqueira, JBM Shorto, H Yoriyaz - Brachytherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT PURPOSE In this paper we present a phantom designed to provide conditions
to generate set of “true” independent reference data as requested by TG-186, and mitigating …

Development and application of a simple method for calculating breast dose from radio-guided occult lesion localisation using iodine-125 seeds (ROLLIS)

AJ Reed, JH Kim, JW Burrage - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radio-guided occult lesion localisation using iodine-125 seeds (ROLLIS) for surgical
removal of impalpable breast lesions has been increasingly used as an alternative to hook …

Plataformes avançades en el Núvol per a la reproductibilitat d'experiments computacionals

V Giménez Alventosa - 2022 - riunet.upv.es
[CA] La tesi presentada a aquest document s' emmarca dins de l'àmbit de la ciència
computacional. Dintre d'aquesta, es centra en el desenvolupament d'eines per a l'execució …

APRICOT: Advanced Platform for Reproducible Infrastructures in the Cloud via Open Tools

V Giménez-Alventosa, JD Segrelles… - … of Information in …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Background Scientific publications are meant to exchange knowledge among researchers
but the inability to properly reproduce computational experiments limits the quality of …

Dosimetric studies of the effects of tissue heterogeneity on brachytherapy using the Monte Carlo method

PCG Antunes - inis.iaea.org
INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES Autarquia Associada à
Universidade de São Paulo Estudos dosimétricos dos efei Page 1 INSTITUTO DE …

Estudos dosimétricos dos efeitos da heterogeneidade dos tecidos em braquiterapia utilizando o método Monte Carlo

PCG Antunes - 2019 - teses.usp.br
Os procedimentos braquiterápicos atuais seguem as diretrizes apresentadas no protocolo
da AAPM TG-43, introduzido em 1995, que define a metodologia de cálculo de dose ao …

Aplicación de la computación de altas prestaciones y computación distribuida en cálculos de Física Médica y radioterapia basados en Monte-Carlo

V Giménez Alventosa - 2017 - riunet.upv.es
[ES] Actualmente el cáncer es responsable del 25% de todas las muertes de la UE y es la
causa de mortalidad más importante de las personas entre 45 y 64 años. Por lo tanto, la …