Dosimetric impact of physics libraries for electronic brachytherapy Monte Carlo studies
This work found considerable disagreements between three state-of-the-art MC systems commonly used in medical applications when simulating bremsstrahlung in eBT. The differences arose when the bremsstrahlung angular distribution and the atomic relaxation processes in the target became relevant. More theoretical and experimental studies are necessary to evaluate the impact of these differences on related calculations.
Authors
- Rowan M. Thomson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5298-4625)
- J. Vijande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-8236)
- Ernesto Mainegra‐Hing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4539-1282)
- Jan Seuntjens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2222-5924)
- Christian Valdes‐Cortez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0095-910X)
- Facundo Ballester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-8399)
- Francisco Berumen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-9745)
- Peter Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9593-2828)
- Luc Beaulieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-6366)
- David Santiago Ayala Alvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6524-2161)
- Iymad Mansour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8536-3908)
- J.-E. Côté
- Gaël Ndoutoume‐Paquet
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- Universitat de València (ES)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (ES)
- Hospital Regional de Antofagasta (CL)
- National Research Council Canada (CA)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (ES)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Carleton University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Physics
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.17633
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.77
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research