WE-C-108-07: Optimal Parameters for Variance Reduction in Monte Carlo Simulations for Proton Therapy

Medical Physics ◽

10.1118/1.4815530 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 40 (6Part28) ◽

pp. 475-475

Author(s):

J Ramos-Mendez ◽

J Perl ◽

J Schuemann ◽

J Shin ◽

B Faddegon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Proton Therapy ◽

Variance Reduction ◽

Optimal Parameters

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Automatic Variance Reduction for Three-Dimensional Monte Carlo Simulations by the Local Importance Function Transform—I: Analysis

Nuclear Science and Engineering ◽

10.13182/nse127-22 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 127 (1) ◽

pp. 22-35 ◽

Author(s):

Scott A. Turner ◽

Edward W. Larsen

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Variance Reduction ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Importance Function

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Automatic variance reduction for Monte Carlo simulations via the local importance function transform

10.2172/212579 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

S.A. Turner

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Variance Reduction ◽

Importance Function

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Monte Carlo simulations of neutron spectral fluence, radiation weighting factor and ambient dose equivalent for a passively scattered proton therapy unit

Physics in Medicine and Biology ◽

10.1088/0031-9155/53/1/013 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 187-201 ◽

Author(s):

Yuanshui Zheng ◽

Jonas Fontenot ◽

Phil Taddei ◽

Dragan Mirkovic ◽

Wayne Newhauser

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Proton Therapy ◽

Weighting Factor ◽

Dose Equivalent ◽

Scattered Proton ◽

Ambient Dose Equivalent ◽

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Symmetry-Based Variance Reduction Applied to 60Co Teletherapy Unit Monte Carlo Simulations

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

10.1007/978-3-642-18211-2_31 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 187-192

Author(s):

D. Sheikh-Bagheri

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Variance Reduction

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Platform for automatic patient quality assurance via Monte Carlo simulations in proton therapy

Physica Medica ◽

10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.12.018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 70 ◽

pp. 49-57 ◽

Author(s):

G. Guterres Marmitt ◽

A. Pin ◽

K. Ng Wei Siang ◽

G. Janssens ◽

K. Souris ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

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Mean excitation energy determination for Monte Carlo simulations of boron carbide as degrader material for proton therapy

Physica Medica ◽

10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.09.017 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 80 ◽

pp. 111-118

Author(s):

S. Psoroulas ◽

D. Meer ◽

E. Oponowicz ◽

H. Owen

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Excitation Energy ◽

Boron Carbide ◽

Proton Therapy ◽

Mean Excitation Energy ◽

Energy Determination

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A Method to Alleviate the Long History Problem Encountered in Monte Carlo Simulations via Weight Window Variance Reduction

Journal of Fusion Energy ◽

10.1007/s10894-017-0140-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

pp. 204-212 ◽

Author(s):

Xingchen Nie ◽

Jia Li ◽

Yuxiao Wu ◽

Hengquan Zhang ◽

Songlin Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Variance Reduction ◽

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SU-FF-T-412: Dosimetic Characterization of a Compact Proton Therapy Unit with Monte Carlo Simulations

Medical Physics ◽

10.1118/1.3181894 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (6Part15) ◽

pp. 2617-2617

Author(s):

Y Zheng ◽

E Klein ◽

D Low

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

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SU-F-T-146: Comparing Monte Carlo Simulations with Commissioning Beam Data for Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System

Medical Physics ◽

10.1118/1.4956282 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (6Part14) ◽

pp. 3495-3495

Author(s):

M Prusator ◽

H Jin ◽

S Ahmad ◽

Y Chen

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

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Clinically relevant nanodosimetric simulation of DNA damage complexity from photons and protons

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c8ra10168j ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 6845-6858 ◽

Author(s):

N. T. Henthorn ◽

J. W. Warmenhoven ◽

M. Sotiropoulos ◽

A. H. Aitkenhead ◽

E. A. K. Smith ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Proton Therapy ◽

Relative Biological Effectiveness ◽

Biological Effectiveness ◽

Mechanistic Understanding

Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) is a controversial and important topic in proton therapy. This work uses Monte Carlo simulations of DNA damage for protons and photons to probe this phenomenon, providing a plausible mechanistic understanding.

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