Title :
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
fDate :
Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874364
