Monte Carlo based dose estimation in intraoperative radiotherapy

Author

Guerra, Pedro ; González, Wilfredo ; Lallena, Antonio ; Cal-González, Jacobo ; Herranz, Elena ; Udias, Jose M. ; Ledesma-Carbayo, Maria J. ; Santos, Andrés

Author_Institution

Biomater. & Nanomedicine, Biomed. Res. Networking Center in Bioeng., Zaragoza, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010

Firstpage

3069

Lastpage

3072

Abstract

This work presents the application of an updated version of an existing Monte Carlo (MC) code for photon and electron transport to intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) dose planning. The code has been optimized to provide an estimation of the dose delivered by the linear accelerator (LINAC) in very short time and has been incorporated as a submodule of an advanced IORT planning system under development, which will enable far more accurate pre-planning as well as the intraoperative treatment modifications considering actual information taken at the operating room (OR) during surgery, for instance with a mobile C-arm.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; biomedical equipment; dosimetry; linear accelerators; radiation therapy; surgery; transport processes; IORT dose planning; Monte Carlo based dose estimation; electron transport; intraoperative radiotherapy; linear accelerator; mobile C-arm; photon transport; Applicators; Computational modeling; Monte Carlo methods; Phantoms; Photonics; Physics; Planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874364

Filename

5874364