Purpose This paper covers recent developments and applications of the TOPAS TOol for
PArticle Simulation and presents the approaches used to disseminate TOPAS. Materials and …

Expanding on the highly successful first edition, this second edition of Proton Therapy
Physics has been completely restructured and updated throughout, and includes several …

In the last few years, the use of ions in radiation therapy is gaining interest and it is being
considered medically necessary for a growing subset of tumours. Concurrently, the …

Abstract RaySearch Americas Inc.(NY) has introduced a commercial Monte Carlo dose
algorithm (RS-MC) for routine clinical use in proton spot scanning. In this report, we provide …

Purpose: Helium ions offer intermediate physical and biological properties to the clinically
used protons and carbon ions. This work presents the commissioning of the first clinical …

Monte Carlo (MC)‐based dose calculations are generally superior to analytical dose
calculations (ADC) in modeling the dose distribution for proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) …

As proton therapy is becoming an established treatment methodology for cancer patients,
the number of proton centres is gradually growing worldwide. The economical effort for …

Proton minibeam radiation therapy (pMBRT) is a novel dose delivery method based on
spatial dose fractionation. pMBRT has been shown to be promising in terms of reduced side …

Abstract While Monte Carlo (MC) codes are considered as the gold standard for dosimetric
calculations, the availability of user friendly MC codes suited for particle therapy is limited …

Abstract In 2016 and 2017, the 8th and 9th 4D treatment planning workshop took place in
Groningen (the Netherlands) and Vienna (Austria), respectively. This annual workshop …