The graphics processing unit (GPU) has emerged as a competitive platform for computing
massively parallel problems. Many computing applications in medical physics can be …

Recent developments in radiotherapy therapy demand high computation powers to solve
challenging problems in a timely fashion in a clinical environment. The graphics processing …

ICRU Report 98, Stochastic Nature of Radiation Interactions: Microdosimetry - LA Braby, V.
Conte, M. Dingfelder, DT Goodhead, LS Pinsky, AB Rosenfeld, T. Sato, AJ Waker, S. Guatelli …

Monte Carlo simulation techniques made a slow entry in the field of radiotherapy in the late
1970s. Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers …

High radiation dose in computed tomography (CT) scans increases the lifetime risk of cancer
and has become a major clinical concern. Recently, iterative reconstruction algorithms with …

Accurate radiation dose calculation is essential for successful proton radiotherapy. Monte
Carlo (MC) simulation is considered to be the most accurate method. However, the long …

Purpose: Cone‐beam CT (CBCT) plays an important role in image guided radiation therapy
(IGRT). However, the large radiation dose from serial CBCT scans in most IGRT procedures …

The x-ray imaging dose from serial cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans raises
a clinical concern in most image-guided radiation therapy procedures. It is the goal of this …

Purpose: Monte Carlo methods are considered as the gold standard for dosimetric
computations in radiotherapy. Their execution time is, however, still an obstacle to the …

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is commonly considered to be the most accurate dose
calculation method in radiotherapy. However, its efficiency still requires improvement for …