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 …

DOSXYZnrc is an EGSnrc-based Monte Carlo simulation code for calculating dose
distributions in a rectilinear voxel phantom and is based directly on the DOSXYZ code …

This work proposes a generic method for modeling scanned ion beam delivery systems,
without simulation of the treatment nozzle and based exclusively on beam data library (BDL) …

This article presents the implementation of several variance reduction techniques that
dramatically improve the simulation efficiency of ion chamber dose and perturbation factor …

The increasing availability of SPECT/CT devices with advanced technology offers the
opportunity for the accurate assessment of the radiation dose to the biological target volume …

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 …

Systematic studies on the oxygenation status of solid tumors have shown that the
development of hypoxic/anoxic tissue subvolumes is a pathophysiological trait in a wide …

Purpose: To create an accurate map of the distribution of radiation dose deposition in
healthy and target tissues during radionuclide therapy. Methods: Serial quantitative …

Purpose A Monte Carlo (MC) based QA process to validate the dynamic beam delivery
accuracy for Varian RapidArc™(Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA) using Linac delivery …