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Monte Carlo radiation transport in external beam radiotherapy

Author(s) -

Yiğit Çeçen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

bitlis eren university journal of science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2146-7706

DOI - 10.17678/beuscitech.47131

Subject(s) - monte carlo method , radiation transport , monte carlo method for photon transport , variance reduction , photon , physics , statistical physics , dynamic monte carlo method , radiation , monte carlo method in statistical physics , monte carlo molecular modeling , computational physics , hybrid monte carlo , nuclear physics , direct simulation monte carlo , optics , mathematics , markov chain monte carlo , statistics

The use of Monte Carlo in radiation transport is an effective way to predict absorbed dose distributions. Monte Carlo modeling has contributed to a better understanding of photon and electron transport by radiotherapy physicists. The aim of this review is to introduce Monte Carlo as a powerful radiation transport tool. In this review, photon and electron transport algorithms for Monte Carlo techniques are investigated and a clinical linear accelerator model is studied for external beam radiotherapy. The statistical uncertainties and variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo simulation are also discussed.

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