A Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning. Export

@article{Ma2002, abstract = {A Monte Carlo user code, MCDOSE, has been developed for radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP) dose calculations. MCDOSE is designed as a dose calculation module suitable for adaptation to host RTP systems. MCDOSE can be used for both conventional photon/electron beam calculation and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning. MCDOSE uses a multiple-source model to reconstruct the treatment beam phase space. Based on Monte Carlo simulated or measured beam data acquired during commissioning, source-model parameters are adjusted through an automated procedure. Beam modifiers such as jaws, physical and dynamic wedges, compensators, blocks, electron cut-outs and bolus are simulated by MCDOSE together with a 3D rectilinear patient geometry model built from CT data. Dose distributions calculated using MCDOSE agreed well with those calculated by the EGS4/DOSXYZ code using different beam set-ups and beam modifiers. Heterogeneity correction factors for layered-lung or layered-bone phantoms as calculated by both codes were consistent with measured data to within 1\%. The effect of energy cut-offs for particle transport was investigated. Variance reduction techniques were implemented in MCDOSE to achieve a speedup factor of 10-30 compared to DOSXYZ.}, author = {Ma, C. M. and Li, J. S. and Pawlicki, T. and Jiang, S. B. and Deng, J. and Lee, M. C. and Koumrian, T. and Luxton, M. and Brain, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2990622}, journal = {Phys Med Biol}, keywords = {carlo, computer, computer-assisted, conformal, humans, imaging, method, monte, neoplasms, phantoms, planning, radiotherapy, simulation}, month = {May}, number = {10}, pages = {1671--1689}, posted-at = {2008-07-11 21:11:29}, priority = {2}, title = {{A} {M}onte {C}arlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning.}, volume = {47}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Ma2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2990622 N2 - A Monte Carlo user code, MCDOSE, has been developed for radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP) dose calculations. MCDOSE is designed as a dose calculation module suitable for adaptation to host RTP systems. MCDOSE can be used for both conventional photon/electron beam calculation and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning. MCDOSE uses a multiple-source model to reconstruct the treatment beam phase space. Based on Monte Carlo simulated or measured beam data acquired during commissioning, source-model parameters are adjusted through an automated procedure. Beam modifiers such as jaws, physical and dynamic wedges, compensators, blocks, electron cut-outs and bolus are simulated by MCDOSE together with a 3D rectilinear patient geometry model built from CT data. Dose distributions calculated using MCDOSE agreed well with those calculated by the EGS4/DOSXYZ code using different beam set-ups and beam modifiers. Heterogeneity correction factors for layered-lung or layered-bone phantoms as calculated by both codes were consistent with measured data to within 1%. The effect of energy cut-offs for particle transport was investigated. Variance reduction techniques were implemented in MCDOSE to achieve a speedup factor of 10-30 compared to DOSXYZ. IS - 10 JF - Phys Med Biol EP - 1689 TI - {A} {M}onte {C}arlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning. VL - 47 SP - 1671 KW - carlo KW - computer KW - computer-assisted KW - conformal KW - humans KW - imaging KW - method KW - monte KW - neoplasms KW - phantoms KW - planning KW - radiotherapy KW - simulation AU - Ma, CM AU - Li, JS AU - Pawlicki, T AU - Jiang, SB AU - Deng, J AU - Lee, MC AU - Koumrian, T AU - Luxton, M AU - Brain, S PY - 2002/May// ER -