PEREGRINE: An all-particle Monte Carlo code for radiation therapy | Zendy

Christine L. Hartmann Siantar | Zendy; W.P. Chandler | Zendy; J.A. Rathkopf | Zendy; M Svatos | Zendy; Ron White | Zendy

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PEREGRINE: An all-particle Monte Carlo code for radiation therapy

Author(s) -

Christine L. Hartmann Siantar,

W.P. Chandler,

J.A. Rathkopf,

M Svatos,

Ron White

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/72922

Subject(s) - monte carlo method , physics , radiation , photon , charged particle , nuclear physics , radiation transport , electron , computational physics , statistical physics , medical physics , optics , ion , mathematics , statistics , quantum mechanics

The goal of radiation therapy is to deliver a lethal dose to the tumor while minimizing the dose to normal tissues. To carry out this task, it is critical to calculate correctly the distribution of dose delivered. Monte Carlo transport methods have the potential to provide more accurate prediction of dose distributions than currently-used methods. PEREGRINE is a new Monte Carlo transport code developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the specific purpose of modeling the effects of radiation therapy. PEREGRINE transports neutrons, photons, electrons, positrons, and heavy charged-particles, including protons, deuterons, tritons, helium-3, and alpha particles. This paper describes the PEREGRINE transport code and some preliminary results for clinically relevant materials and radiation sources

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