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
2000
Photon beam characterization and modelling for Monte Carlo treatment planning
Deng J, Jiang S, Kapur A, Li J, Pawlicki T, Ma C. Photon beam characterization and modelling for Monte Carlo treatment planning. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2000, 45: 411-427. PMID: 10701512, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/2/311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOriginal phase spacePhase spaceMonte Carlo calculationsPhoton jawsCarlo calculationsMonte Carlo treatment planningSource-surface distanceVarian Clinac 2100CPhase space filesPrimary collimatorMultiple source modelPhoton beamsPlanar fluenceAngular distributionsMV photon beamClinac 2100CField sizeSource modelBeam characterizationDose distributionHeterogeneous phantomsGood agreementBeam characteristicsFlattening filterEnergy spectrum