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

An important requirement in radiation therapy is a fast and accurate treatment planning
system. This system, using computed tomography (CT) data, direction, and characteristics of …

This paper describes BEAM, a general purpose Monte Carlo code to simulate the radiation
beams from radiotherapy units including high‐energy electron and photon beams, 60Co …

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

The process of radiation therapy is complex and involves many steps. At each step,
comprehensive quality assurance procedures are required to ensure the safe and accurate …

Abstract A new Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm, thedose planning method'(DPM), and its
associated computer program for simulating the transport of electrons and photons in …

The purpose of this study was to implement the Monte Carlo method for clinical radiotherapy
dose calculations. We used the EGS4/BEAM code to obtain the phase‐space data for 6–20 …

Accurate dosimetry of small-field photon beams used in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) can
be made difficult because of the presence of lateral electronic disequilibrium and steep dose …

Abstract The macro Monte Carlo (MMC) method has been developed to improve the speed
of traditional Monte Carlo (MC) high-energy electron transport calculations without loss in …

The goal of Task Group 25 (TG‐25) of the Radiation Therapy Committee of the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) was to provide a methodology and set of …