NRG Oncology Survey of Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Use in US Proton Therapy Centers [PDF]
International Journal of Particle Therapy, 2021 Purpose/Objective(s): Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation has appeared in primary commercial treatment-planning systems and various in-house platforms.
Liyong Lin, PhD +8 more
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Similarities Between Proton and Neutron Induced Dark Current Distribution in CMOS Image Sensors [PDF]
, 2012 Several CMOS image sensors were exposed to neutron or proton beams (displacement damage dose range from 4 TeV/g to 1825 TeV/g) and their radiation-induced dark current distributions are compared.
Bardoux, A. +13 more
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The Monte Carlo srna code as the engine in istar proton dose planning software for the tesla accelerator installation [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2004 This paper describes the application of SRNA Monte Carlo package for proton transport simulations in complex geometry and different material composition.
Ilić Radovan D. +3 more
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A Review of Radiotherapy-Induced Late Effects Research After Advanced-Technology Treatments
Frontiers in Oncology, 2016 The number of incident cancers and long-term cancer survivors is expected to increase substantially for at least a decade. Advanced-technology radiotherapies, e.g., using beams of protons and photons, offer dosimetric advantages that theoretically yield
Wayne D Newhauser +4 more
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The GATE-RTion/IDEAL Independent Dose Calculation System for Light Ion Beam Therapy
Frontiers in Physics, 2021 Patient specific quality assurance can be improved using an independent dose calculation system. In addition, the implementation of such a system may support light ion beam therapy facilities in reducing the needs for beam time, by substituting some of ...
L. Grevillot +11 more
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Sub-second pencil beam dose calculation on GPU for adaptive proton therapy. [PDF]
, 2021 Although proton therapy delivered using scanned pencil beams has the potential to produce better dose conformity than conventional radiotherapy, the created dose distributions are more sensitive to anatomical changes and patient motion.
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2017 The purpose of this study is to assess the additional neutron effective dose during passive scattering proton therapy. Monte Carlo code (Monte Carlo N-Particle 6) simulation was conducted based on a precise modeling of the National Cancer Center's proton
Sang-Eun Han +2 more
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Pet imaging of dose distribution in proton-beam cancer therapy [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2005 Proton therapy is a treatment modality of increasing utility in clinical radiation oncology mostly because its dose distribution conforms more tightly to the target volume than X-ray radiation therapy.
Beebe-Wang Joanne +4 more
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Development and Benchmarking of a Monte Carlo Dose Engine for Proton Radiation Therapy
Frontiers in Physics, 2021 Dose calculation algorithms based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations play a crucial role in radiotherapy. Here, the development and benchmarking of a novel MC dose engine, MonteRay, is presented for proton therapy aiming to support clinical activity at the ...
Peter Lysakovski +21 more
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Pencil Beam Algorithms Are Unsuitable for Proton Dose Calculations in Lung [PDF]
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2017 To compare analytic and Monte Carlo-based algorithms for proton dose calculations in the lung, benchmarked against anthropomorphic lung phantom measurements.A heterogeneous anthropomorphic moving lung phantom has been irradiated at numerous proton therapy centers. At 5 centers the treatment plan could be calculated with both an analytic and Monte Carlo
Paige A, Taylor +2 more
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