Application of a fast proton dose calculation algorithm to a thorax geometry

Pablo P. Yepes; Travis Brannan; Jessie Huang; Dragan Mirkovic; Wayne D. Newhauser; Phillip J. Taddei; Uwe Titt

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.022

Application of a fast proton dose calculation algorithm to a thorax geometry

Pablo P. Yepes, Travis Brannan, Jessie Huang, Dragan Mirkovic, Wayne D. Newhauser, Phillip J. Taddei, Uwe Titt

Radiation Physics

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Abstract

Treatment planning in proton therapy requires the calculation of absorbed dose distributions on beam shaping components and the patient anatomy. Analytical pencil-beam dose algorithms commonly used are not always accurate enough. The Monte Carlo approach is more accurate but extremely computationally intensive. The Fast Dose Calculator, a track-repeating algorithm, has been proposed as an alternative fast and accurate dose calculation. In this work FDC is applied to a proton therapy patient thoracic anatomy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1367-1368
Number of pages	2
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	45
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.022
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Fast
Lung
Monte Carlo
Proton
Radiation
Therapy
Thorax
Track-repeating

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Radiation
Instrumentation

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