In this paper, the authors review the field of resolution modeling in positron emission
tomography (PET) image reconstruction, also referred to as point‐spread‐function modeling …

The author's main purpose is to review the techniques and applications of the Monte Carlo
method in medical radiation physics since Raeside's review article in 1976. Emphasis is …

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

The computer code system penelope (version 2014) performs Monte Carlo simulation of
coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary materials for a wide energy range, from a few …

This paper describes BEAM, a general purpose Monte Carlo code to simulate the radiation
beams from radiotherapy units including high‐energy electron and photon beams, 60Co …

A mixed algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of relativistic electron and positron transport in
matter is described. Cross sections for the different interaction mechanisms are …

In this report a new egs4 version, called egsnrc to reflect the substantial changes made to
the original code is reported, which incorporates a new any‐angle multiple elastic scattering …

From background physics and biological models to the latest imaging and treatment
modalities, the Handbook of Radiotherapy Physics: Theory and Practice covers all …

Abstract BEAMnrc is a Monte Carlo simulation system (Med. Phys. 22, 1995, 503–524) for
modelling radiotherapy sources which was developed as part of the OMEGA project to …

Monte Carlo techniques have become ubiquitous in medical physics over the last 50 years
with a doubling of papers on the subject every 5 years between the first PMB paper in 1967 …