2020
A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation
Liang Y, Muhammad W, Hart GR, Nartowt BJ, Chen ZJ, Yu JB, Roberts KB, Duncan JS, Deng J. A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 9808. PMID: 32555530, PMCID: PMC7300009, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66844-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCobalt RadioisotopesFeasibility StudiesMonte Carlo MethodParticle AcceleratorsPhantoms, ImagingRadiation DosageRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedWaterConceptsPhoton transportBoundary crossing algorithmMonte Carlo particle transport codeMonte Carlo methodTransport simulationsAcceptance-rejection samplingRadiotherapy dose calculationsPhoto-electric effectParticle transport codeEGSnrc simulationsCarlo methodBremsstrahlung eventsInelastic scatteringPair productionRayleigh scatteringThread divergenceMC simulationsTransport codeMC codeHistory schemeParticle transportCrossing algorithmInverseElectron transportSimulation accuracy
2003
Entropy-Based Dual-Portal-to-3-DCT Registration Incorporating Pixel Correlation
Bansal R, Staib LH, Chen Z, Rangarajan A, Knisely J, Nath R, Duncan JS. Entropy-Based Dual-Portal-to-3-DCT Registration Incorporating Pixel Correlation. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2003, 22: 29. PMID: 12703758, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2002.806430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegistration frameworkImage dataMutual information-based registration algorithmRegistration parametersPortal imagesUltrasound image dataReal patient dataTomography image dataImage pixelsPixel correlationRegistration algorithmPatient setup verificationSegmentationPixel intensityMarkov random processInitial versionTransformation parametersAppropriate entropyImagesAlgorithmPatient dataFrameworkCT imagesLine processSetup verification