The charge of Task Group 186 (TG‐186) is to provide guidance for early adopters of model‐
based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) for brachytherapy (BT) dose calculations to …

Monte Carlo simulation techniques made a slow entry in the field of radiotherapy in the late
1970s. Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers …

Purpose: Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
and the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) on dose calculations for …

This report addresses uncertainties pertaining to brachytherapy single‐source dosimetry
preceding clinical use. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Guide to the …

Purpose: In order to facilitate a smooth transition for brachytherapy dose calculations from
the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43 (TG‐43) …

Purpose To update and extend version 2 of the Carleton Laboratory for Radiotherapy
Physics (CLRP) TG‐43 dosimetry database (CLRP_TG43v2) for high‐energy (HE,≥ 50 …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to validate the PenRed Monte Carlo framework for
clinical applications in brachytherapy. PenRed is a C++ version of Penelope Monte Carlo …

Purpose The goal of this work is to validate the user-friendly Geant4-based Monte Carlo
toolkit TOol for PArticle Simulation (TOPAS) for brachytherapy applications. Methods and …

Purpose To evaluate the possibility of utilizing the high‐dose rate (HDR) 169Yb and 60Co
sources, in addition to 192Ir, for the treatment of skin malignancies with conical applicators …

Purpose: To evaluate the dose distributions of an source (model VS2000) in homogeneous
water geometry calculated using a deterministic grid‐based Boltzmann transport equation …