Accelerated Monte Carlo-based dose calculations for brachytherapy planning using correlated sampling

Håkan Hedtjärn; Gudrun Alm Carlsson; Jeffrey F. Williamson

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900752

Accelerated Monte Carlo-based dose calculations for brachytherapy planning using correlated sampling

Håkan Hedtjärn
, Gudrun Alm Carlsson
, Jeffrey F. Williamson

Division of Medical Physics

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	372-375
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900752
State	Published - 2000

Keywords

Dosimetry
Monte Carlo simulation
Variance reduction

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