Overview of the PHITS code and its application to medical physics | Zendy

Tatsuhiko Sato | Zendy; Koji Niita | Zendy; Norihiro Matsuda | Zendy; Shintaro Hashimoto | Zendy; Yosuke Iwamoto | Zendy; Shusaku Noda | Zendy; Hiroshi Iwase | Zendy; Hiroshi Nakashima | Zendy; Tokio Fukahori | Zendy; Satoshi Chiba | Zendy; Lembit Sihver | Zendy

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Overview of the PHITS code and its application to medical physics

Author(s) -

Tatsuhiko Sato,

Koji Niita,

Norihiro Matsuda,

Shintaro Hashimoto,

Yosuke Iwamoto,

Shusaku Noda,

Hiroshi Iwase,

Hiroshi Nakashima,

Tokio Fukahori,

Satoshi Chiba,

Lembit Sihver

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

progress in nuclear science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2185-4823

DOI - 10.15669/pnst.4.879

Subject(s) - code (set theory) , monte carlo method , heavy ion , computer science , particle (ecology) , radiation transport , nuclear engineering , physics , event (particle physics) , generator (circuit theory) , function (biology) , statistical physics , medical physics , simulation , ion , mathematics , programming language , engineering , statistics , biology , set (abstract data type) , ecology , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology

Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System, PHITS, is a general purpose three-dimensional Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code developed through collaboration with several institutes in Japan and Europe. To apply PHITS to medical physics, two special functions were implemented in the code: an event generator mode and a microdosimetric tally function. Utilizing these functions, a new relative-biological-effectiveness -weighted dose estimation method for charged-particle therapy was established on the basis of the double-stochastic microdosimetric kinetic model. Owing to these features, PHITS has been used for various medical applications, such as patient dose estimation for radiotherapy and computed tomography examination.

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