Coordinate transformations for BEAM/EGSnrc Monte Carlo dose calculations of non-coplanar fields received from a DICOM-compliant treatment planning system. Export

@article{Thebaut2006, abstract = {The Monte Carlo (MC) method provides the most accurate to-date dose calculations in heterogeneous media and complex geometries, and this spawns increasing interest in incorporating MC calculations in the treatment planning quality assurance process. This process involves MC dose calculations for the treatment plans produced clinically. Commonly used in radiotherapy, MC codes are BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc, which transport particles in a coordinate system (c.s.) that has been established historically and does not correspond to the c.s. of treatment planning systems (TPSs). Relative rotations of these c.s. are not straightforward, especially for non-coplanar treatments. Transformation equations are therefore required to re-calculate a treatment plan using BEAM/DOSXYZnrc codes. This paper presents such transformations for beam angles defined in a DICOM-compliant treatment planning coordinate system. Verification of the derived transformations with two three-field plans simulated on a phantom using TPS as well as MC codes has been performed demonstrating exact geometrical agreement of the MC treatment fields' placement.}, author = {Thebaut, J. and Zavgorodni, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2990631}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/N06}, doi = {10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/N06}, journal = {Phys Med Biol}, keywords = {assurance, biophysics, care, computer-assisted, health, humans, imaging, method, monte\_carlo, phantoms, planning, quality, radiotherapy}, month = {Dec}, number = {23}, pages = {N441--N449}, posted-at = {2008-07-11 21:11:30}, priority = {2}, title = {{C}oordinate transformations for {BEAM}/{EGS}nrc {M}onte {C}arlo dose calculations of non-coplanar fields received from a {DICOM}-compliant treatment planning system.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/N06}, volume = {51}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - Thebaut2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2990631 N2 - The Monte Carlo (MC) method provides the most accurate to-date dose calculations in heterogeneous media and complex geometries, and this spawns increasing interest in incorporating MC calculations in the treatment planning quality assurance process. This process involves MC dose calculations for the treatment plans produced clinically. Commonly used in radiotherapy, MC codes are BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc, which transport particles in a coordinate system (c.s.) that has been established historically and does not correspond to the c.s. of treatment planning systems (TPSs). Relative rotations of these c.s. are not straightforward, especially for non-coplanar treatments. Transformation equations are therefore required to re-calculate a treatment plan using BEAM/DOSXYZnrc codes. This paper presents such transformations for beam angles defined in a DICOM-compliant treatment planning coordinate system. Verification of the derived transformations with two three-field plans simulated on a phantom using TPS as well as MC codes has been performed demonstrating exact geometrical agreement of the MC treatment fields' placement. IS - 23 JF - Phys Med Biol EP - N449 TI - {C}oordinate transformations for {BEAM}/{EGS}nrc {M}onte {C}arlo dose calculations of non-coplanar fields received from a {DICOM}-compliant treatment planning system. VL - 51 SP - N441 KW - assurance KW - biophysics KW - care KW - computer-assisted KW - health KW - humans KW - imaging KW - method KW - monte_carlo KW - phantoms KW - planning KW - quality KW - radiotherapy AU - Thebaut, J AU - Zavgorodni, S PY - 2006/Dec// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/N06 ER -