Comparison of treatment plans calculated by Ray Tracing and ...

Evaluation of ray tracing and Monte Carlo algorithms in dose ...

Dose calculation in treatment planning must account for tissue heterogeneity, especially for tumors within low-density lung tissues. While Monte Carlo (MC) ...

Comparison of the accuracy of Monte Carlo and Ray Tracing dose ...

... tracing algorithms in the cyberknife treatment planning for lung tumours- comparison ... Galonske K et al (2017) Comparison of treatment plans calculated by Ray ...

and Four-dimensional Robotic Radiotherapy Treatment Plans for ...

PURPOSE: To compare the dose distributions between three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) radiation treatment plans calculated by Ray-tracing or the ...

Clinical implications of adopting Monte Carlo treatment planning for ...

Retro- spective comparisons of dose distributions calculated by ray-tracing and Monte. Carlo were made for a selection of CyberKnife treatment plans; ...

Comparison of dose distributions calculated by the cyberknife Monte ...

Commercial treatment planning systems with have different dose calculation algorithms have been developed for radiotherapy plans. The Ray Tracing and the ...

Calculation Algorithms in CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RAY TRACING AND MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS FOR THE TREATMENT PLAN EVALUATION PARAMETERS IN AN ISOCENTRIC. FULL-PATH PLAN WITH 20 MM CONE ...

Influence of smoothing algorithms in Monte Carlo dose calculations

According to Sharma et al.,[15] there can be significant differences between Ray tracing and Monte Carlo calculations in a heterogeneous medium. The Monte Carlo ...

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Comparison of Treatment Plans Calculated Using Ray Tracing and Monte Carlo Algorithms for Lung Cancer Patients Having Undergone Radiotherapy with Cyberknife.

Influence of CyberKnife Prescription Isodose Line on the ...

Galonske K, Thiele M, Ernst I, et al. Comparison of treatment plans calculated by Ray Tracing and Monte Carlo algorithms for head and thorax ...

Monte Carlo and Ray Tracing Algorithm for treatment planning in ...

Radiation planning systems work with algorithms to calculate the interactions between radiation and tissue. In this study Ray Tracing (RT) algorithm is compared ...

Comparing the clinical outcomes in stereotactic body radiotherapy ...

CyberKnife treatment planning system incorporates two different dose calculation algorithms, referred as Ray-Tracing (RAT) and Monte-Carlo ...

Comparison of Planned Dose Distributions Calculated by ... - Delec

CARLO AND RAY-TRACE ALGORITHMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LUNG TUMORS ... For comparison, the Ray ... The treatment plan is first calculated using Multiplan, version 2.1,.

Which treatment techniques are supported? | LAP - RadCalc

RadCalc performs independent MU or point dose calculation for step-and -shoot and sliding window IMRT treatment plans. The IMRT computation is performed ...

Comparison of Different Algorithms in the Radiotherapy Plans of ...

When treatment plans generated by AAA and PBC dose calculation algorithms are analyzed using EPID, for the PBC algorithm, the mean values of VArea and VAvg are ...

In-house quality check of external beam plans using 3D treatment ...

The SSDs in ROPS were determined by ray-tracing of CT pixels. TABLE 1. SSD ... In addition, this method of independent DVH calculation and comparison is helpful ...

Dosimetric effect of CT contrast agent in CyberKnife treatment plans

The dose differences between the pre- and post-CE plans in a single beam path were less than 1.05% in both calculation algorithms, with respect ...

Dose Calculation Algorithms | Oncology Medical Physics

Learn about dose calculation algorithms used in modern treatment planning systems including convolution/superposition and Monte Carlo ... Ray tracing algorithms ...

Evaluation of dose calculation accuracy of treatment planning ...

Background: Accuracy of five dose calculation algorithms within three treatment planning systems (TPS): BrainLAB iPlan 4.2 (BL: pencil beam and ...

Should Monte Carlo treatment planning be used for all sites?

To evaluate a Monte Carlo (MC) treatment planning system for CyberKnife treatments of cranial and extracranial lesions and determine whether it is necessary ...

Should Monte Carlo treatment planning be used for all sites?

Dose distributions calculated by MC and EPL are compared for patients treated for trigeminal neuralgia, brain metastasis, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and ...