Title :
Considerations of MCNP Monte Carlo code to be used as a radiotherapy treatment planning tool
Author :
Juste, B. ; Miró, R. ; Gallardo, S. ; Santos, A. ; Verdu, G.
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica y Nucl., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract :
The present work has simulated the photon and electron transport in a Theratron 780reg (MDS Nordion) 60Co radiotherapy unit, using the Monte Carlo transport code, MCNP (Monte Carlo N-Particle). This project explains mainly the different methodologies carried out to speedup calculations in order to apply this code efficiently in radiotherapy treatment planning
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; cobalt; radiation therapy; 60Co radiotherapy unit; Monte Carlo N-particle; Monte Carlo code; Theratron 780; electron transport; photon transport; radiotherapy; treatment planning tool; Acceleration; Biological system modeling; Computational geometry; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Ionization chambers; Medical simulation; Monte Carlo methods; Solid modeling; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1617062
