WE-C-224C-04: Correlated Sampling for Accelerating CT-Based Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Accelerated Monte Carlo based dose calculations for brachytherapy planning using correlated sampling

10.1088/0031-9155/47/3/301 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 351-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Håkan Hedtjärn ◽

Gudrun Alm Carlsson ◽

Jeffrey F Williamson

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Cat. No.00CH37143) ◽

Accelerated Monte Carlo-based dose calculations for brachytherapy planning using correlated sampling

10.1109/iembs.2000.900752 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

H. Hedtjarn ◽

G.A. Carlsson ◽

J.F. Williamson

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Coordinate transformations for BEAM/EGSnrc Monte Carlo dose calculations of non- coplanar fields received from a DICOM-compliant treatment planning system

10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/c01 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 52 (13) ◽

pp. 4007-4007 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J Thebaut ◽

S Zavgorodni

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Planning System ◽

Treatment Planning System ◽

Coordinate Transformations ◽

Dose Calculations

IFMBE Proceedings - World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany ◽

Using Correlated Sampson to Accelerate CT-Based Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_88 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 311-314

Author(s):

A. Sampson ◽

Y. Le ◽

D. Todor ◽

J. Williamson

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Dose Calculations

DPM, a fast, accurate Monte Carlo code optimized for photon and electron radiotherapy treatment planning dose calculations

10.1088/0031-9155/45/8/315 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 45 (8) ◽

pp. 2263-2291 ◽

Cited By ~ 208

Author(s):

Josep Sempau ◽

Scott J Wilderman ◽

Alex F Bielajew

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Monte Carlo Code ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Radiotherapy Treatment Planning ◽

Electron Radiotherapy ◽

Radiotherapy Treatment

Experimental and Monte Carlo evaluation of Eclipse treatment planning system for lung dose calculations

Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy ◽

10.1016/s1507-1367(06)71057-4 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 123-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Asghar Mesbahi ◽

David I. Thwaites ◽

Andrew J. Reilly

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Planning System ◽

Treatment Planning System ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Lung Dose ◽

Monte Carlo Evaluation

Estimating statistical uncertainty of Monte Carlo efficiency-gain in the context of a correlated sampling Monte Carlo code for brachytherapy treatment planning with non-normal dose distribution

Applied Radiation and Isotopes ◽

10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.09.015 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 315-323

Author(s):

Nitai D. Mukhopadhyay ◽

Andrew J. Sampson ◽

Daniel Deniz ◽

Gudrun Alm Carlsson ◽

Jeffrey Williamson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Dose Distribution ◽

Monte Carlo Code ◽

Statistical Uncertainty ◽

Efficiency Gain ◽

Normal Dose ◽

Fast patient-specific Monte Carlo brachytherapy dose calculations via the correlated sampling variance reduction technique

Medical Physics ◽

10.1118/1.3679018 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 1058-1068 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Andrew Sampson ◽

Yi Le ◽

Jeffrey F. Williamson

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Variance Reduction ◽

Reduction Technique ◽

Patient Specific ◽

Sampling Variance ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Variance Reduction Technique ◽

Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications ◽

Effect of Voxel Size on Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

10.1007/978-3-642-18211-2_87 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 549-554 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

G. Mora ◽

T. Pawlicki ◽

A. Maio ◽

C.-M. Ma

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Dose Calculations ◽

Radiotherapy Treatment Planning ◽

Voxel Size ◽

Radiotherapy Treatment

Coordinate transformations for BEAM/EGSnrc Monte Carlo dose calculations of non-coplanar fields received from a DICOM-compliant treatment planning system

10.1088/0031-9155/51/23/n06 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 51 (23) ◽

pp. N441-N449 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J Thebaut ◽

S Zavgorodni

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Treatment Planning ◽

Planning System ◽

Treatment Planning System ◽

Coordinate Transformations ◽

Dose Calculations