Monte Carlo methods for device simulations in radiation therapy

H Park, H Paganetti, J Schuemann… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play an important role in radiotherapy, especially as a method
to evaluate physical properties that are either impossible or difficult to measure. For …

Full modulation transfer functions of thick parallel‐and focused‐element scintillator arrays obtained by a Monte Carlo optical transport model

Z Zarrini‐Monfared, S Karbasi, A Zamani… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Arrays of thick segmented crystalline scintillators are useful x‐ray converters for
image‐guided radiation therapy using electronic portal imaging (EPI) and megavoltage …

Performance of a new star‐bar phantom designed for MTF calculations in x‐ray imaging systems

A González‐López, PA Campos‐Morcillo… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A new phantom, designed and manufactured for modulation transfer function (MTF)
calculations is presented in this work. The phantom has a star‐bar pattern and is …

Extension of a radiation transport model for water-equivalent, portal imaging dose applications

I Kutuzov, R Rivest, E Van Uytven… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The amorphous-silicon based design of electronic portal imaging device (a-Si EPID) is
commonly available on medical linear accelerators, and thus presents enormous potential …

Development of a novel high quantum efficiency MV x‐ray detector for image‐guided radiotherapy: A feasibility study

J Liu, Y Xu, A Teymurazyan, Z Papandreou… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a new scintillating fiber‐based electronic portal imaging device (EPID)
with a high quantum efficiency (QE) while preserving an adequate spatial resolution …

Monte Carlo Techniques for Megavoltage Imaging

A Fielding - Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Monte Carlo techniques have a long history of being used to model the transport and
detection of ionizing radiation. Three of the main Monte Carlo codes that have been applied …

Characterization of Gas Electron Multiplier‐based detector for external beam radiation therapy dosimetry

D Muñoz, I Olaciregui‐Ruiz, G Norberg… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) are commonly installed on modern linear
accelerators (LINACs) and are convenient for imaging and, potentially, dosimetry. However …

[PDF][PDF] Linac Beam commissioning with EPID

M Barnes - amos3.aapm.org
EPID for Photon Beam Commissioning - final Page 1 Michael Barnes Senior Medical Physics
Specialist Linac Beam commissioning with EPID Page 2 Department of Radiation Oncology …

Hybrid dosimetry and imaging system

M Lu, J Steiger, R Aufrichtig - US Patent 11,366,239, 2022 - Google Patents
Some embodiments include a system, comprising a hybrid imaging device comprising: a first
scintillator; a first detector sensors configured to generate a signal based on photons emitted …