Application of a fast proton dose calculation algorithm to a thorax geometry |
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Authors: | Yepes Pablo P Brannan Travis Huang Jessie Mirkovic Dragan Newhauser Wayne D Taddei Phillip J Titt Uwe |
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Institution: | Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, MS 315, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA. |
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Abstract: | Treatment planning in proton therapy requires the calculation of absorbed dose distributions on beam shaping components and the patient anatomy. Analytical pencil-beam dose algorithms commonly used are not always accurate enough. The Monte Carlo approach is more accurate but extremely computationally intensive. The Fast Dose Calculator, a track-repeating algorithm, has been proposed as an alternative fast and accurate dose calculation. In this work FDC is applied to a proton therapy patient thoracic anatomy. |
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