2003
Commissioning 6 MV photon beams of a stereotactic radiosurgery system for Monte Carlo treatment planning
Deng J, Ma C, Hai J, Nath R. Commissioning 6 MV photon beams of a stereotactic radiosurgery system for Monte Carlo treatment planning. Medical Physics 2003, 30: 3124-3134. PMID: 14713079, DOI: 10.1118/1.1624753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonte Carlo dose calculationsMonte Carlo treatment planningBeam phase spaceOutput factorsCentral axis depth dose curvesDose profilesMonte Carlo treatmentMeasurement dataMultiple source modelCyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery systemPhase spaceMV photon beamDepth dose curvesDose calculationsSource modelStereotactic radiosurgery systemFluence distributionStandard measurement dataSource distributionPhoton beamsAxis distanceEnergy spectrumCollimator sizeDose curvesAveraging effect
2000
Energy- and intensity-modulated electron beams for radiotherapy
Ma C, Pawlicki T, Lee MC, Jiang SB, Li JS, Deng J, Yi B, Mok E, Boyer AL. Energy- and intensity-modulated electron beams for radiotherapy. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2000, 45: 2293-2311. PMID: 10958195, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/8/316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModulated electron radiotherapyIntensity-modulated electron beamElectron beamMultileaf collimatorElectron beam energyInter-leaf leakageDose distributionElectron intraMonte Carlo dose calculationsPencil beam algorithmLeaf endsBeam energyPhoton beamsElectron radiotherapyOblique incidencePatient surfaceMonte Carlo methodBeamBeam algorithmField shapeMonte Carlo simulationsDose calculationsSuperficial targetsCarlo methodCarlo simulationsElectron Beam Commissioning for Monte Carlo Dose Calculation
Deng J, Jiang S, Pawlicki T, Li J, Ma C. Electron Beam Commissioning for Monte Carlo Dose Calculation. 2000, 431-433. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonte Carlo methodPencil beam algorithmCarlo methodElectron beam dose calculationsBeam algorithmVariance reduction techniquesPhoton dose calculationsMonte Carlo dose calculationsDose calculationsPresence of inhomogeneitiesInhomogeneous phantomsReduction techniquesAccurate approachBeam commissioningTreatment planning systemCalculationsAlgorithmDose modelElectronsElectron transportComputer technologyInhomogeneityLarge discrepanciesPlanning systemIncluding setup uncertainty in Monte Carlo dose calculation for IMRT
Pawlicki T, Jiang S, Li J, Deng J, Ma C. Including setup uncertainty in Monte Carlo dose calculation for IMRT. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society 2000, 1: 112-115 vol.1. DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2000.900682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensity-modulated radiotherapySetup uncertaintiesNormal tissuesPatient positioning uncertaintiesTherapeutic doseRadiation therapyConcomitant doseClinical casesDose distributionDose calculationsDose homogeneityAUTHORS' CONCLUSIONSTarget coverageCritical structure doseRadiotherapy treatmentDoseMonte Carlo dose calculationsIMRT dose distributionsAuthors' initial results