Purpose Several radionuclides with high (60 Co, 75 Se) and intermediate (169 Yb, 153 Gd)
energies have been investigated as alternatives to 192 Ir for high-dose-rate brachytherapy …

Dose calculation in high dose rate brachytherapy with 192 Ir is usually based on the TG-
43U1 protocol where all media are considered to be water. Several dose calculation …

Purpose Radioisotopes such as 75 Se, 169 Yb, and 153 Gd have photon energy spectra
and half-lives that make them excellent candidates as alternatives to 192 Ir for high-dose …

192Ir high dose rate sources are widely used in brachytherapy applications by inserting
needles and catheters or implants that allow the source to reach tumor lesions in different …

Background and purpose Model-based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) have
evolved from serving as a research tool into clinical practice in brachytherapy. This study …

Purpose: The objective of this work is to assess the sensitivity of Monte Carlo (MC) dose
calculations to uncertainties in human tissue composition for a range of low photon energy …

Despite being considered the gold standard for brachytherapy dosimetry, Monte Carlo (MC)
has yet to be implemented into a software for brachytherapy treatment planning. The …

Monte Carlo (MC) dose datasets are valuable for large-scale dosimetric studies. This work
aims to build and validate a DICOM-compliant automated MC dose recalculation pipeline …

Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group No. 43 (AAPM TG-
43) formalism is the standard for seeds brachytherapy dose calculation. But for breast seed …

Purpose To retrospectively compare water-based and full tissue model Monte Carlo dose
calculations in a large cohort of patients undergoing 125 I permanent implant prostate …