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Monte Carlo in commercial TPS
Elekta MONACO
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First commercial Monte Carlo treatment planning for electron beams
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Implementation of Kawrakow’s VMC++ Monte Carlo dose calculation
algorithm (2000)
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Handles electron beams from all clinical linacs
Varian Eclipse eMC 2004
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Based on Neuenschwander’s MMC dose calculation algorithm (1992)
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Handles electron beams from Varian linacs only
Warsaw 2017
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