The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate
accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in heterogeneous patient …

Advances in conformal radiation therapy and advancements in pre-clinical radiotherapy
research have recently stimulated the development of precise micro-irradiators for small …

Abstract BEAMnrc is a Monte Carlo simulation system (Med. Phys. 22, 1995, 503–524) for
modelling radiotherapy sources which was developed as part of the OMEGA project to …

A new grid-based Boltzmann equation solver, Acuros™, was developed specifically for
performing accurate and rapid radiotherapy dose calculations. In this study we …

A recent mice study demonstrated that gold nanoparticles could be safely administered and
used to enhance the tumour dose during radiation therapy. The use of gold nanoparticles …

Purpose: The dosimetric accuracy of the recently released Acuros® XB advanced dose
calculation algorithm (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA) is investigated for single …

The preferential accumulation of gold nanoparticles within tumors and the increased
photoelectric absorption due to the high atomic number of gold cooperatively account for the …

Simple Summary FLASH radiotherapy (RT) delivering ultra-high dose rate radiation can
reduce normal tissue toxicity while effectively treating tumors. However, implementing …

A significant and increasing number of patients receiving radiation therapy present with
metal objects close to, or even within, the treatment area, resulting in artifacts in computed …

Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculations are performed on patient geometries derived from
computed tomography (CT) images. For most available MC codes, the Hounsfield units (HU) …