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 …

Accurate quantification in PET and SPECT requires correction for a number of physical
factors, such as photon attenuation, Compton scattering and random coincidences (in PET) …

Purpose: The authors develop the 4D extended cardiac‐torso (XCAT) phantom for
multimodality imaging research. Methods: Highly detailed whole‐body anatomies for the …

The accuracy of absorbed dose calculations in personalized internal radionuclide therapy is
directly related to the accuracy of the activity (or activity concentration) estimates obtained at …

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

The computer code system penelope (version 2014) performs Monte Carlo simulation of
coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials for a wide energy range, from a few …

In internal radionuclide therapy, a growing interest in voxel-level estimates of tissue-
absorbed dose has been driven by the desire to report radiobiologic quantities that account …

The author's main purpose is to review the techniques and applications of the Monte Carlo
method in medical radiation physics since Raeside's review article in 1976. Emphasis is …

Monte Carlo techniques have become popular in different areas of medical physics with
advantage of powerful computing systems. In particular, they have been extensively applied …

Detection of scattered gamma quanta degrades image contrast and quantitative accuracy of
single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. This paper reviews …