[HTML][HTML] DPM as a radiation transport engine for PRIMO

M Rodriguez, J Sempau, C Bäumer, B Timmermann… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Monte Carlo simulation of linac using PRIMO

Y Li, X Sun, Y Liang, Y Hu, C Liu - Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Monte Carlo simulation is considered as the most accurate method for
dose calculation in radiotherapy. PRIMO is a Monte-Carlo program with a user-friendly …

[HTML][HTML] MLC parameters from static fields to VMAT plans: an evaluation in a RT-dedicated MC environment (PRIMO)

L Paganini, G Reggiori, A Stravato, V Palumbo… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] PRIMO Monte Carlo software benchmarked against a reference dosimetry dataset for 6 MV photon beams from Varian linacs

M Hermida–López, D Sánchez–Artuñedo… - Radiation …, 2018 - Springer
Background The software PRIMO for the Monte Carlo simulation of radiotherapy linacs could
potentially act as a independent calculation system to verify the calculations of treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment verification using Varian's dynalog files in the Monte Carlo system PRIMO

M Rodriguez, L Brualla - Radiation Oncology, 2019 - Springer
Background The PRIMO system is a computer software that allows the Monte Carlo
simulation of linear accelerators and the estimation of the subsequent absorbed dose …

[HTML][HTML] Linac photon beam fine-tuning in PRIMO using the gamma-index analysis toolkit

AM Bacala - Radiation Oncology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background In Monte Carlo simulations, the fine-tuning of linac beam parameters to
produce a good match between simulated and measured dose profiles is a lengthy, time …

[HTML][HTML] DeepBeam: a machine learning framework for tuning the primary electron beam of the PRIMO Monte Carlo software

Z Tabor, D Kabat, MPR Waligórski - Radiation Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Any Monte Carlo simulation of dose delivery using medical accelerator-
generated megavolt photon beams begins by simulating electrons of the primary electron …

[HTML][HTML] Primo software as a tool for Monte Carlo simulations of intensity modulated radiotherapy: a feasibility study

A Esposito, S Silva, J Oliveira, J Lencart, J Santos - Radiation Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Background IMRT provides higher dose conformation to the target and dose sparing to
surrounding tissues than 3DCRT. Monte Carlo method in Medical Physics is not a novelty to …

Monte Carlo simulation of a Linac using PRIMO: user-friendly educational tool which can be taken to the cloud for free

AM Bacala - World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
PRIMO is a free, self-contained linac simulator and dose calculation software based on the
Monte Carlo code PENELOPE 2011. Windows-based, it is user-friendly and does not …

The development of a Monte Carlo system to verify radiotherapy treatment dose calculations

S Crowe, T Kairn, AL Fielding - 10th Biennial ESTRO, 2009 - eprints.qut.edu.au
Recent advances in the planning and delivery of radiotherapy treatments have resulted in
improvements in the accuracy and precision with which therapeutic radiation can be …