TY - JOUR
T1 - Accelerated Monte Carlo-based dose calculations for brachytherapy planning using correlated sampling
AU - Hedtjärn, Håkan
AU - Carlsson, Gudrun Alm
AU - Williamson, Jeffrey F.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Correlated sampling is evaluated as a strategy for accelerating Monte Carlo photon transport (MCPT) simulation for use as a practical patient-specific treatment-planning tool. Correlated MCPT simulation was shown to offer substantial efficiency gains over conventional MCPT simulation for selected parts of the 3D volume but was not sufficient to improve MCPT simulation everywhere.
AB - Correlated sampling is evaluated as a strategy for accelerating Monte Carlo photon transport (MCPT) simulation for use as a practical patient-specific treatment-planning tool. Correlated MCPT simulation was shown to offer substantial efficiency gains over conventional MCPT simulation for selected parts of the 3D volume but was not sufficient to improve MCPT simulation everywhere.
KW - Dosimetry
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
KW - Variance reduction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034441495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900752
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900752
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034441495
SN - 0589-1019
VL - 1
SP - 372
EP - 375
JO - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
JF - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
ER -