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Monte Carlo for TPS?
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recent efforts in the literature have focused on GUI functionality and further
optimization for brachytherapy specific use :
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egs_brachy (EGSnrc): Chamberland et al 2016 Phys. Med. Biol. 61 8214
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3868cm
3
water breast model
with 30
192
Ir HDR source implant:
2mm
3
scoring in 4cm
3
region
with 2% PTV type A uncert. takes
147 s (151 s)
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13548cm
3
inhomogeneous breast
model with 79
192
Ir HDR source
implant:
2x2x3mm
3
scoring in 34x34x12cm
3
region takes 102 s (119 s) for 2%
PTV type A uncert. and
222 s (238 s) for 2% PTV and 5%
skin type A uncert.
(single 2.5 GHz Intel Xeon E5-2680
v3)