Model-based dose calculation algorithms for brachytherapy dosimetry

SA Enger, J Vijande, MJ Rivard - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to review the limitations of dose calculation formalisms for
photon-emitting brachytherapy sources based on the American Association of Physicists in …

RapidBrachyDL: rapid radiation dose calculations in brachytherapy via deep learning

X Mao, J Pineau, R Keyes, SA Enger - International Journal of Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Detailed and accurate absorbed dose calculations from radiation interactions with
the human body can be obtained with the Monte Carlo (MC) method. However, the MC …

Validation of the TOPAS Monte Carlo toolkit for LDR brachytherapy simulations

A Poher, F Berumen, Y Ma, J Perl, L Beaulieu - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose: This work has the purpose of validating the Monte Carlo toolkit TOol for PArticle
Simulation (TOPAS) for low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy uses. Methods and Materials …

A novel 169Yb‐based dynamic‐shield intensity modulated brachytherapy delivery system for prostate cancer

G Famulari, M Duclos, SA Enger - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Intensity modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) is a novel high dose rate brachytherapy
(HDR BT) technique which incorporates static or dynamic shielding to increase tumor …

A MC‐based anthropomorphic test case for commissioning model‐based dose calculation in interstitial breast 192‐Ir HDR brachytherapy

V Peppa, RM Thomson, SA Enger… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To provide the first clinical test case for commissioning of 192Ir brachytherapy
model‐based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) according to the AAPM TG‐186 report …

Validation of the TOPAS Monte Carlo toolkit for HDR brachytherapy simulations

F Berumen, Y Ma, J Ramos-Méndez, J Perl, L Beaulieu - Brachytherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The goal of this work is to validate the user-friendly Geant4-based Monte Carlo
toolkit TOol for PArticle Simulation (TOPAS) for brachytherapy applications. Methods and …

A novel minimally invasive dynamic‐shield, intensity‐modulated brachytherapy system for the treatment of cervical cancer

M Morcos, M Antaki, AN Viswanathan… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present a novel, MRI‐compatible dynamicshield intensity modulated
brachytherapy (IMBT) applicator and delivery system using 192Ir, 75Se, and 169Yb …

Emerging technologies in brachytherapy

WY Song, JL Robar, B Morén, T Larsson… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Brachytherapy is a mature treatment modality. The literature is abundant in terms of review
articles and comprehensive books on the latest established as well as evolving clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmark of the PenRed Monte Carlo framework for HDR brachytherapy

S Oliver, V Giménez-Alventosa, F Berumen… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study is to validate the PenRed Monte Carlo framework for
clinical applications in brachytherapy. PenRed is a C++ version of Penelope Monte Carlo …

RapidBrachyMCTPS 2.0: a comprehensive and flexible Monte Carlo-based treatment planning system for brachytherapy applications

H Glickman, M Antaki, C Deufel, SA Enger - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
We have previously described RapidBrachyMCTPS, a brachytherapy treatment planning
toolkit consisting of a graphical user interface (GUI) and a Geant4-based Monte Carlo (MC) …