Dose calculation methods for photon beams are reviewed in the context of radiation therapy
treatment planning. Following introductory summaries on photon beam characteristics and …

Purpose. To develop and disseminate a report aimed primarily at practicing radiation
oncology physicians and medical physicists that describes the current state-of-the-art of …

Small‐field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss
of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and …

An essential requirement for successful radiation therapy is that the discrepancies between
dose distributions calculated at the treatment planning stage and those delivered to the …

Purpose: Flattening filters (FFs) have been considered as an integral part of the treatment
head of a medical accelerator for more than 50 years. The reasons for the longstanding use …

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The Los Alamos code mcnp4a (M_onte C_arlo N_‐P_article version 4A) is currently used to
simulate a variety of problems ranging from nuclear reactor analysis to boron neutron …

Dose calculation plays an important role in the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment planning
and beam delivery. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is capable of achieving the highest …

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements - Hans-Georg Menzel,
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Accurate characterization of small‐field dosimetry requires measurements to be made with
precisely aligned specialized detectors and is thus time consuming and error prone. This …