2004
Modelling 6 MV photon beams of a stereotactic radiosurgery system for Monte Carlo treatment planning
Deng J, Guerrero T, Ma C, Nath R. Modelling 6 MV photon beams of a stereotactic radiosurgery system for Monte Carlo treatment planning. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2004, 49: 1689-1704. PMID: 15152924, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/9/007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMV photon beamMonte Carlo treatmentPhoton beamsPhase spaceEGS4/BEAM systemPercent depth dose curvesParticle phase spaceMonte Carlo treatment planningDepth dose curvesFull phase spaceDose calculationsStereotactic radiosurgery systemContaminant electronsCircular planar sourceMonte Carlo systemPrimary photonsMultiple source modelDose profilesSecondary collimatorDose curvesTotal maximum doseDose contributionBeamBeam systemOriginal phase space
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