INTERCOMPARISION OF MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODES MCNPX, GEANT4, AND FLUKA FOR SIMULATING PROTON RADIOTHERAPY OF THE EYE

被引：17

作者：

Randeniya, S. D. ^{[1
]}

Taddei, P. J. ^{[2
]}

Newhauser, W. D. ^{[2
]}

Yepes, P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rice Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Houston, TX 77005 USA

[2] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Radiat Phys, Unit 94, Houston, TX 77030 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY | 2009年 / 168卷 / 03期

关键词：

ocular proton therapy; Monte Carlo simulations; Monte Carlo dose calculation;

D O I：

10.13182/NT09-A9310

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

Monte Carlo simulations of an ocular treatment beam-line consisting of a nozzle and a water phantom were carried out using MCNPX, GEANT4, and FLUKA to compare the dosimetric accuracy and the simulation efficiency of the codes. Simulated central axis percent depth-dose profiles and cross-field dose profiles were compared with experimentally measured data for the comparison. Simulation speed was evaluated by comparing the number of proton histories simulated per second using each code. The results indicate that all the Monte Carlo transport codes calculate sufficiently accurate proton dose distributions in the eye and that the FLUKA transport code has the highest simulation efficiency.

引用

页码：810 / 814

页数：5

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