Validation of a secondary dose check tool against Monte Carlo and analytical clinical dose calculation algorithms in VMAT

S Piffer, M Casati, L Marrazzo, C Arilli… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Patient‐specific quality assurance (QA) is very important in radiotherapy, especially
for patients with highly conformed treatment plans like VMAT plans. Traditional QA protocols …

Development of clinical application program for radiotherapy induced cancer risk calculation using Monte Carlo engine in volumetric-modulated arc therapy

DJ Kang, YJ Shin, S Jeong, JY Jung, H Lee, B Lee - Radiation Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study is to develop a clinical application program that
automatically calculates the effect for secondary cancer risk (SCR) of individual patient. The …

Assessment of dose perturbations for metal stent in photon and proton radiotherapy plans for hepatocellular carcinoma

B Lee, S Cho, HC Park, SW Kang, JS Kim… - Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Background The present study aimed to investigate the dosimetric impact of metal stent for
photon and proton treatment plans in hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods With computed …

Implementation of geant4 application for tomography emission Monte Carlo Code in the calculation of dose distribution in external radiation therapy

ABY Dehghan, A Mostaar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
ABSTRACT Background: The" Geant4 Application for Tomography Emission"(GATE) toolkit
comprises advanced open-source Monte Carlo (MC) code for use in medical imaging and …

Monte Carlo modeling of the 160 MLC on the Siemens Artiste linac and IMRT dose calculations with MCNPX

L Rafat-Motavalli, V Khodabandeh-Baygi… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Monte Carlo (MC) methods are considered as the most accurate dose calculation method
and has become more common as a complementary method for dose verification in …

[PDF][PDF] Validation of a MC software for the QA of patients treated with modulated intensity photon beams

S Piffer, T Tociet, M Casatial - Radiother Oncol, 2020 - postersessiononline.eu
Objectives Nowadays patient specific QA (PSQA) is very important in the RT workflow,
especially for patients with highly conformed treatment plans, and it is usually performed …

Evaluation of Clinical Risk according to Multi-Leaf Collimator Positioning Error in Spinal Radiosurgery

DJ Kang, G Oh, YJ Shin, JK Kang… - Journal of radiological …, 2023 - koreascience.kr
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical risk of spinal radiosurgery by calculating
the dose difference due to dose calculation algorithm and multi-leaf collimator positioning …