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Dosimetry using Dosimetry using a Grid-Based
Boltzmann equation Solver (Acuros)
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GBBS algorithms used primarily for neutron transport and
shielding problems
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Method evaluated for brachy in the literature as early as 2000
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The first GBBS algorithm incorporated in a commercially available
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Ir brachytherapy TPS was Acuros
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Acuros is based on the Attila GBBS developed at Los Alamos
National Laboratory, optimized for brachytherapy and later also for
external beam therapy (XB) and even CT scatter correction (CTS).
Method can be reviewed in a number of publications:
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Daskalov GM et al 2000 Med. Phys. 27(10):2307
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Daskalov GM et al, 2002 Med. Phys. 29(2): 113
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Gifford K A et al, 2006 Phys. Med. Biol., 51(9): 2253
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Gifford et al 2008 Med. Phys. 35(6): 2279
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BV-Acuros user manual