Title :
Tally and geometry definition influence on the computing time in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning with MCNP Monte Carlo code
Author :
Juste, B. ; Miro, R. ; Gallardo, S. ; Santos, A. ; Verdu, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ingenieria Quimica y Nucl., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
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), version 5. In order to become computationally more efficient in view of taking part in the practical field of radiotherapy treatment planning, this work is focused mainly on the analysis of dose results and on the required computing time of different tallies applied in the model to speed up calculations
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; dosimetry; radiation therapy; 60Co; 60Co radiotherapy unit; MCNP; MDS Nordion; Monte Carlo transport code; Theratron 780reg; electron transport; photon transport; radiotherapy treatment planning; Biological materials; Biomedical applications of radiation; Cobalt; Computational geometry; Computational modeling; Electrons; Hospitals; Imaging phantoms; Monte Carlo methods; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259423
