Purpose: While Monte Carlo particle transport has proven useful in many areas (treatment
head design, dose calculation, shielding design, and imaging studies) and has been …

Purpose: TOPAS (TOol for PArticle Simulation) is a particle simulation code recently
developed with the specific aim of making Monte Carlo simulations user‐friendly for …

Purpose This paper covers recent developments and applications of the TOPAS TOol for
PArticle Simulation and presents the approaches used to disseminate TOPAS. Materials and …

The main advantages of proton therapy are the reduced total energy deposited in the patient
as compared to photon techniques and the finite range of the proton beam. The latter adds …

Accurate radiation dose calculation is essential for successful proton radiotherapy. Monte
Carlo (MC) simulation is considered to be the most accurate method. However, the long …

Abstract While Monte Carlo (MC) codes are considered as the gold standard for dosimetric
calculations, the availability of user friendly MC codes suited for particle therapy is limited …

Purpose: Accuracy in proton therapy treatment planning can be improved using Monte Carlo
(MC) simulations. However the long computation time of such methods hinders their use in …

Purpose To commission an open source Monte Carlo (MC) dose engine,“MCsquare” for a
synchrotron‐based proton machine, integrate it into our in‐house C++‐based I/O user …

The goal of this work was to facilitate the clinical use of Monte Carlo proton dose calculation
to support routine treatment planning and delivery. The Monte Carlo code Geant4 was used …

A Monte Carlo (MC) code (VMCpro) for treatment planning in proton beam therapy of cancer
is introduced. It is based on ideas of the Voxel Monte Carlo algorithm for photons and …