2024
Thursday, July 11, 20244:00 PM - 5:00 PM PP01 Presentation Time: 4:00 PM Investigating Shielding as a Dose-Shaping Tool in Flattening Distal Dose Profiles for Single-Channel Vaginal Cylinders
Tien C, Mullane S, Draeger E, Rivard M, Chen Z. Thursday, July 11, 20244:00 PM - 5:00 PM PP01 Presentation Time: 4:00 PM Investigating Shielding as a Dose-Shaping Tool in Flattening Distal Dose Profiles for Single-Channel Vaginal Cylinders. Brachytherapy 2024, 23: s26-s27. DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2024.08.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModel-based dose calculation algorithmsSingle-channel vaginal cylinderDose profilesDose distributionVaginal cylinderCentral axisCustomized shieldingRegions of high doseAnisotropic dose distributionUniform dose profileDose calculation algorithmWater-equivalent materialDose calculation methodMonte CarloIr-192 seedsDose gridIr-192MC simulationsRelative doseShielding materialsCalculation algorithmSource transitionDose optimizationLateral radiusShielding
2008
Evaluation of an electron Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm for electron beams
Hu YA, Song H, Chen Z, Zhou S, Yin F. Evaluation of an electron Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm for electron beams. Journal Of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2008, 9: 1-15. PMID: 18716583, PMCID: PMC5722292, DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v9i3.2720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectron Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithmMonte Carlo dose calculation algorithmGrid sizeDose calculation algorithmCalculation grid sizeCalculation algorithmEMC algorithmElectron beamMonte Carlo simulationsElectron beam directionMeasurement dataCutout factorsCalculation iterationsCarlo simulationsDose distributionMeV electron beamLinac headBeam characteristicsBeam dataBeam directionMinimal measurementsMaximum discrepancyAlgorithmDose calculationsBeam