A review of the use and potential of the GATE Monte Carlo simulation code for radiation therapy and dosimetry applications

D Sarrut, M Bardiès, N Boussion, N Freud… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the authors' review the applicability of the open‐source GATE Monte Carlo
simulation platform based on the GEANT4 toolkit for radiation therapy and dosimetry …

Split exponential track length estimator for Monte-Carlo simulations of small-animal radiation therapy

F Smekens, JM Létang, C Noblet… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose the split exponential track length estimator (seTLE), a new kerma-based
method combining the exponential variant of the TLE and a splitting strategy to speed up …

A method for high-energy, low-dose mammography using edge illumination x-ray phase-contrast imaging

PC Diemoz, A Bravin, A Sztrókay-Gaul… - Physics in medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the breast is one of the most radiosensitive organs, mammography is arguably the
area where lowering radiation dose is of the uttermost importance. Phase-based x-ray …

A track length estimator method for dose calculations in low-energy X-ray irradiations: implementation, properties and performance

F Baldacci, A Mittone, A Bravin, P Coan… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2015 - Elsevier
The track length estimator (TLE) method, an “on-the-fly” fluence tally in Monte Carlo (MC)
simulations, recently implemented in GATE 6.2, is known as a powerful tool to accelerate …

Radiation dose in breast CT imaging with monochromatic x-rays: simulation study of the influence of energy, composition and thickness

A Mittone, A Bravin, P Coan - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent developments have shown that high resolution phase contrast x-ray computed
tomography (CT) of the breast can be performed at clinically compatible doses. Results have …

A new hybrid next-event estimator for photon-based Monte Carlo dose rate calculations

E Guadagni, C Le Loirec, Y Pénéliau… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This work describes the implementation of a deterministic-like straight-line transport routine
inside the TRIPOLI-4^\circledR TRIPOLI-4® Monte Carlo code, aimed at developing a hybrid …

Cone-beam x-ray luminescence computed tomography based on x-ray absorption dosage

T Liu, J Rong, P Gao, W Zhang, W Liu… - … of Biomedical Optics, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
With the advances of x-ray excitable nanophosphors, x-ray luminescence computed
tomography (XLCT) has become a promising hybrid imaging modality. In particular, a cone …

Radiant fluence from ray tracing in optical multipass systems

M Marszałek, L Affolter, O Kara, K Kirch… - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Optical multipass cells are used in photochemical reactors and laser excitation of weak
transitions. In these applications, estimation of the radiation dose in a volume of interest …

Multiple energy synchrotron biomedical imaging system

B Bassey, M Martinson, N Samadi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A multiple energy imaging system that can extract multiple endogenous or induced contrast
materials as well as water and bone images would be ideal for imaging of biological …

High resolution 3D visualization of the spinal cord in a post-mortem murine model

I Bukreeva, V Asadchikov, A Buzmakov… - Biomedical optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A crucial issue in the development of therapies to treat pathologies of the central nervous
system is represented by the availability of non-invasive methods to study the three …