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Monte Carlo for TPS?
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BrachyGuide (MCNP6): Pantelis et al 2015 JACMP 16, 208
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compatible with the DICOM-RT file format implementation from all three major
vendors
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GUI serves as a viewer for all data parsed from DICOM-RT
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GUI also serves as a front end MCNP software tool (no MCNP experience required)
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patient represented by rectangular grid (CT resolution that can be down-sampled )
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individual voxel density from CT data based on generic or custom calibration
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option for density binning using 54 bins (accuracy better than 1%, Peppa et al 2013,
Radiother Oncol. 106,S371)
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elemental composition assigned using a look-up table of 23 human tissue composition
bins (Schneider et al 2000, Phys Med Biol. 45, 459)
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incorporates RTDose and MCNP output comparison tools (%D.d., isodose, DVH, g-
index)
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source represented by its phase space file (no library available)
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no applicator library available
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user must edit the generated input file to employ variance reduction and other speed
enhancement techniques