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 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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Abstract Background Any Monte Carlo simulation of dose delivery using medical accelerator-
generated megavolt photon beams begins by simulating electrons of the primary electron …

Abstract Background Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport for medical linear
accelerators (linacs) requires accurate knowledge of the geometrical description of the linac …

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate and validate the use of the Geant4
application for emission tomography (GATE) Monte Carlo simulation platform for clinical …

The Monaco Treatment Planning System (TPS), based on a virtual energy fluence model of
the photon beam head components of the linac and a dose computation engine made with …

PURPOSE: To develop an infrastructure for the integrated Monte Carlo verification system
(MCVS) to verify the accuracy of conventional dose calculations, which often fail to …