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

Monte Carlo techniques have become ubiquitous in medical physics over the last 50 years
with a doubling of papers on the subject every 5 years between the first PMB paper in 1967 …

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

Background A study was realised to evaluate and determine relative figures of merit of a
new algorithm for photon dose calculation when applied to inhomogeneous media. Methods …

Featured Application Radiation therapy treatment planning. Abstract Radiation therapy (RT)
is a constantly evolving therapeutic technique; improvements are continuously being …

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) …

During the last few decades, accuracy in photon and electron radiotherapy has increased
substantially. This is partly due to enhanced linear accelerator technology, providing more …

Dose calculation plays an important role in the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning
and beam delivery. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is capable of achieving the highest …

This study examines the efficiencies of doses calculated using DOSXYZnrc for (field size)
and (and field sizes) photon beams simulated using BEAMnrc. Both phase‐space sources …

Model-based algorithm starts first from physics princip and then simplifying the procedure
describing the act physical transport to expedite the calculation. These physi processes …