Recent advances in radiation therapy and photodynamic therapy

LM Chong, DJH Tng, LLY Tan, MLK Chua… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the past 100 years, external beam energy for the treatment of cancer has continually
evolved. Two main modes have been developed. The first is radiotherapy which involves …

New Limit for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of from the CUPID-Mo Experiment

E Armengaud, C Augier, AS Barabash, F Bellini… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The CUPID-Mo experiment at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France) is a
demonstrator for CUPID, the next-generation ton-scale bolometric 0 ν β β experiment. It …

The TOPAS tool for particle simulation, a Monte Carlo simulation tool for physics, biology and clinical research

B Faddegon, J Ramos-Méndez, J Schuemann… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Report on G4‐Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group

P Arce, D Bolst, MC Bordage, JMC Brown… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Geant4 is a Monte Carlo code extensively used in medical physics for a wide
range of applications, such as dosimetry, micro‐and nanodosimetry, imaging, radiation …

Simulation of a 6 MV Elekta Precise Linac photon beam using GATE/GEANT4

L Grevillot, T Frisson, D Maneval, N Zahra… - Physics in Medicine …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The GEANT4-based GATE Monte Carlo (MC) platform was initially focused on PET
and SPECT simulations. The new release v6. 0 (February 2010) proposes new tools …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Recent improvements in geant4 electromagnetic physics models and interfaces

V Ivanchenko, J Apostolakis, A Bagulya… - Progress in nuclear …, 2011 - academia.edu
An overview of the electromagnetic (EM) physics of the Geant4 toolkit is presented. Two sets
of EM models are available: the" Standard" initially focused on high energy physics (HEP) …

A review of electron–nucleus bremsstrahlung cross sections between 1 and 10 MeV

A Mangiarotti, MN Martins - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
More than 80 years have passed since the first calculations of electron–nucleus
bremsstrahlung cross sections were published by Sommerfeld, for non-relativistic electrons …

Ultrahigh dose-rate (FLASH) x-ray irradiator for pre-clinical laboratory research

M Rezaee, I Iordachita, JW Wong - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
FLASH irradiation has been shown to reduce significantly normal tissue toxicity compared to
conventional irradiation, while maintaining tumor control probability at similar level. Clinical …

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 …