Purpose: To develop a deformable voxel geometry (DVG) for Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation and to integrate it into the Swiss Monte Carlo Plan (SMCP) to account for motion during dose calculation of radiotherapy treatment plans by deforming the patient geometry.
Methods: A volumetric modulated arc plan is created for a non-small cell lung cancer case (without breathing, static situation)....
Purpose: To implement, commission and validate a Monte Carlo (MC) model of an ETHOS radiotherapy beam within the Swiss Monte Carlo Plan (SMCP).
Methods: The geometry and material of the treatment head model consisting of the target, the primary collimator, the monitor chamber, the secondary collimator and the double-stack multi-leaf collimator (MLC) was implemented into SMCP following the...
Purpose: To validate a 6 MV flattening filter free (FFF) phase space, determined in previous works, of a TrueBeam system for a Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation framework.
Methods: The 6 MV FFF phase space, scored at the end of the patient-independent part (above the secondary collimator jaws), is used to calculate MC dose distributions inside a water phantom for square, rectangular,...
Purpose: To develop a versatile dose calculation framework for very high energy electron (VHEE) beams on patient CTs using various Monte Carlo (MC) codes and to compare their dose distributions and calculation times.
Methods: MC dose distributions of mono-energetic electron beams with energies 10-250 MeV, defined by a rectangular shape (10 x 10 cm2, parallel incidence) and impinging frontally...
