Featured Application Radiation therapy treatment planning. Abstract Radiation therapy (RT)
is a constantly evolving therapeutic technique; improvements are continuously being …

Treatment planning is the process where the prescription of the radiation oncologist is
translated into a deliverable treatment. With the complexity of contemporary radiotherapy …

Background PRIMO is a dose verification system based on the general-purpose Monte
Carlo radiation transport code penelope, which implements an accurate physics model of …

Abstract Purpose Monte Carlo (MC) is the reference computation method for medical
physics. In radiotherapy, MC computations are necessary for some issues (such as …

Introduction: This is the second of two papers giving an overview of the use of Monte-Carlo
techniques for radiotherapy applications. Methods: The first paper gave an introduction and …

The increase in complexity of treatment plans over time through modalities such as intensity
modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has often not …

Simple Summary One novel approach in cancer therapy is the use of genetically modified
immune cells that are more specifically directed to a tumor than common chemotherapy …

Purpose Preclinical radiation replicating clinical intensity modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) techniques can provide data translatable to clinical practice. For this work, treatment …

Background PRIMO is a graphical environment based on PENELOPE Monte Carlo (MC)
simulation of radiotherapy beams able to compute dose distribution in patients, from plans …

Background and purpose In aqua dosimetry with electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs)
allows for dosimetric treatment verification in external beam radiotherapy by comparing …