The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate
accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in heterogeneous patient …

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

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 …

Advances in radiation treatment with beamlet‐based intensity modulation, image‐guided
radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery (including specialized equipments like …

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 …

The presented virtual energy fluence (VEF) model of the patient‐independent part of the
medical linear accelerator heads, consists of two Gaussian‐shaped photon sources and one …

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 …

Purpose The SRS MapCHECK®, a recently developed patient‐specific quality assurance
(PSQA) tool for end‐to‐end testing of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body …

The requirement of an independent verification of the monitor units (MU) or time calculated
to deliver the prescribed dose to a patient has been a mainstay of radiation oncology quality …

Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have traditionally been used for single field relative
comparisons with experimental data or commercial treatment planning systems (TPS) …