Enhancement of the EGSnrc code egs_chamber for fast fluence calculations of charged particles [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2022 Purpose: Simulation of absorbed dose deposition in a detector is one of the key tasks of Monte Carlo (MC) dosimetry methodology. Recent publications (Hartmann and Zink, 2018; Hartmann and Zink, 2019; Hartmann et al., 2021) have shown that knowledge of ...
Thomas Failing +4 more
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Monte Carlo Simulation for the Radixact™ Tomotherapy Linac Using EGSnrc [PDF]
Journal of Medical PhysicsPurpose: When exact information regarding the treatment head and initial electron beam is available, the Monte Carlo (MC) approach can properly simulate any linear accelerator. However, manufacturers seldom offer information such as the incident electron
Danial Seifi Makrani +5 more
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Attix free-air chamber correction factors computed using EGSnrc. [PDF]
Med PhysAbstractBackgroundA cylindrical free‐air chamber, the Attix FAC, is used for absolute air‐kerma measurements of low‐energy photon beams at the University of Wisconsin Medical Radiation Research Center. Correction factors for air‐kerma measurements of specific beams were determined in the 1990s.
Stasko JT, Culberson WS.
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Monte Carlo Model Validation of 6MV Beam of OMID, the First Iranian Linear Accelerator [PDF]
Journal of Medical Signals and SensorsMonte Carlo (MC) techniques are regarded as an accurate method to simulate the dose calculation in radiotherapy for many years. The present paper aims to validate the simulated model of the 6-MV beam of OMID linear accelerator (BEHYAAR Company) by EGSnrc
Mohammad Amin Abdoli +2 more
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Evaluation of RADIANCE Monte Carlo algorithm for treatment planning in electron based Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IOERT) [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Medizinische PhysikPurpose: To perform experimental as well as independent Monte Carlo (MC) evaluation of the MC algorithm implemented in RADIANCE version 4.0.8, a dedicated treatment planning system (TPS) for 3D electron dose calculations in intraoperative radiation ...
Charoula Iliaskou +5 more
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Exposure computational models with voxel phantoms coupled to EGSnrc Monte Carlo code
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2023 In computational dosimetry of ionizing radiation, the energy deposited in radiosensitive organs and tissues is evaluated when an anthropomorphic simulator (phantom) is irradiated using Exposure Computational Models (ECMs).
José Wilson Vieira +13 more
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Monte Carlo dosimetry of the 60Co sources of a new GZP3 HDR afterloading system [PDF]
Radiation Oncology, 2023 Background The purpose of this work was to obtain the dosimetric parameters of the new GZP3 60Co high-dose-rate afterloading system launched by the Nuclear Power Institute of China, which is comprised of two different 60Co sources.
Junxiang Wu +4 more
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Optimization of variance reduction techniques used in EGSnrc Monte Carlo Codes
Journal of Medical Physics, 2018 Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are often used in calculations of radiation transport to enable accurate prediction of radiation-dose, even though the computation is relatively time-consuming.
Sangeetha Shanmugasundaram +1 more
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Validation study of voxel phantom monte carlo simulations with EGSnrc C++ class library
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2019 The aim of this work is to validate an in-house tool which writes voxel phantoms input files according to EGSnrc C++ class library (egspp) for Monte Carlo simulations.
Lucas Paixão +2 more
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Assessing the Effect of Directional Bremsstrahlung Splitting on the Output Spectra and Parameters Using BEAMnrc Monte Carlo Simulation Package [PDF]
Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology, 2022 Introduction: EGSnrc software package is one of the computational packages for Monte Carlo simulation in radiation therapy and has several subset codes.
Hamed Babapour +5 more
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