Independent verification of the dose per monitor unit (MU) to deliver the prescribed dose to a
patient has been a mainstay of radiation oncology quality assurance (QA). We discuss the …

Background The use of the Monte Carlo (MC) method in radiotherapy dosimetry has
increased almost exponentially in the last decades. Its widespread use in the field has …

Purpose This paper covers recent developments and applications of the TOPAS TOol for
PArticle Simulation and presents the approaches used to disseminate TOPAS. Materials and …

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 charge of Task Group 186 (TG‐186) is to provide guidance for early adopters of model‐
based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) for brachytherapy (BT) dose calculations to …

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 …

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 addendum to the AAPMˈs TG‐51 protocol for the determination of absorbed dose to
water in megavoltage photon beams is presented. This addendum continues the procedure …

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional
society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional …

For commissioning a linear accelerator for clinical use, medical physicists are faced with
many challenges including the need for precision, a variety of testing methods, data …