A geometrical model for the Monte Carlo simulation of the TrueBeam linac

M Rodriguez, J Sempau, A Fogliata… - Physics in Medicine …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo simulation of linear accelerators (linacs) depends on the accurate geometrical
description of the linac head. The geometry of the Varian TrueBeam linac is not available to …

Determination of the initial beam parameters in Monte Carlo linac simulation

K Aljarrah, GC Sharp, T Neicu, SB Jiang - Medical physics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
For Monte Carlo linac simulations and patient dose calculations, it is important to accurately
determine the phase space parameters of the initial electron beam incident on the target …

An EGS Monte Carlo model for Varian TrueBEAM treatment units: commissioning and experimental validation of source parameters

M López-Sánchez, M Pérez-Fernández, JM Fandiño… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work we have created and commissioned a Monte Carlo model of 6FFF Varian
TrueBeam linear accelerator using BEAMnrc. For this purpose we have experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of computer simulated radiotherapy beams for Monte-Carlo treatment planning

CM Ma - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 1998 - Elsevier
Beam characterization consists of two parts: Beam simulation and beam modeling. The
EGS4/BEAM Monte-Carlo code system has been used for the simulation of the beams from …

Modeling the TrueBeam linac using a CAD to Geant4 geometry implementation: dose and IAEA‐compliant phase space calculations

M Constantin, J Perl, T LoSasso, A Salop… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To create an accurate 6 MV Monte Carlo simulation phase space for the Varian
TrueBeam treatment head geometry imported from cad (computer aided design) without …

Validation of Monte Carlo generated phase‐space descriptions of medical linear accelerators

B Libby, J Siebers, R Mohan - Medical physics, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The accuracy of Monte Carlo codes in dose calculation systems relies on the correctness of
the input data. Monte Carlo calculations are performed to generate phase‐space …

Absolute dose calculations for Monte Carlo simulations of radiotherapy beams

IA Popescu, CP Shaw, SF Zavgorodni… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have traditionally been used for single field relative
comparisons with experimental data or commercial treatment planning systems (TPS) …

Monte Carlo simulation of TrueBeam flattening‐filter‐free beams using Varian phase‐space files: comparison with experimental data

MF Belosi, M Rodriguez, A Fogliata, L Cozzi… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Phase‐space files for Monte Carlo simulation of the Varian TrueBeam beams have
been made available by Varian. The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the …

Monte Carlo simulation and experimental evaluation of dose distributions produced by a 6 MV medical linear accelerator.

OE Durán-Nava, E Torres-García… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this work was to quantify the differences in dose distributions computed by
Monte Carlo simulations against experimental measurements from an Elekta Synergy™ …

A PENELOPE‐based system for the automated Monte Carlo simulation of clinacs and voxelized geometries—application to far‐from‐axis fields

J Sempau, A Badal, L Brualla - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Two new codes, penEasy and penEasyLinac, which automate the Monte Carlo
simulation of Varian Clinacs of the 600, 1800, 2100, and 2300 series, together with their …