The purpose of this paper has been to review the current status and progress of the field of
radiation biophysics, and draw attention to the fact that physics, in general, and radiation …

This study emphasizes the need for a systematic and in-depth connection between the
progress in quantum theory of energetic ion collisions and applications to hadron therapy …

Monte Carlo track-structure simulation provides a near accurate description of the passage
of charge particle in water as a surrogate for biological tissue. Radiation transport codes and …

As carbon ions, at therapeutic energies, penetrate tissue, they undergo inelastic nuclear
reactions and give rise to significant yields of secondary fragment fluences. Therefore, an …

Purpose: TOPAS (TOol for PArticle Simulation) is a particle simulation code recently
developed with the specific aim of making Monte Carlo simulations user‐friendly for …

Proton imaging can be seen as a powerful technique for online monitoring of ion range
during carbon ion therapy irradiations. Indeed, a large number of secondary protons are …

The depth absorbed dose and LET (linear energy transfer) distribution of different ions of
clinical interest such as,,, and ions have been investigated using the Monte Carlo code …

Abstract Clinical Monte Carlo (MC) calculations for carbon ion therapy have to provide
absorbed and RBE-weighted dose. The latter is defined as the product of the dose and the …

Cancer treatment with energetic carbon ions has distinct advantages over proton or photon
irradiation. In this paper we present a simulation model integrated into the Geant4 Monte …

Microdosimetry is a recommended method for characterizing radiation quality in situations
when the biological effectiveness under test is not well known. In such situations, the …