Peterhans, Matthias; Frei, Daniel; Manser, Peter; Reyes, Mauricio; Fix, Michael K (2011). Monte Carlo Dose Calculation on Deforming Anatomy. Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik, 21(2), pp. 113-23. Amsterdam: Elsevier, Urban & Fischer 10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.11.002
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)This article presents the implementation and validation of a dose calculation approach for deforming anatomical objects. Deformation is represented by deformation vector fields leading to deformed voxel grids representing the different deformation scenarios. Particle transport in the resulting deformed voxels is handled through the approximation of voxel surfaces by triangles in the geometry implementation of the Swiss Monte Carlo Plan framework. The focus lies on the validation methodology which uses computational phantoms representing the same physical object through regular and irregular voxel grids. These phantoms are chosen such that the new implementation for a deformed voxel grid can be compared directly with an established dose calculation algorithm for regular grids. Furthermore, separate validation of the aspects voxel geometry and the density changes resulting from deformation is achieved through suitable design of the validation phantom. We show that equivalent results are obtained with the proposed method and that no statistically significant errors are introduced through the implementation for irregular voxel geometries. This enables the use of the presented and validated implementation for further investigations of dose calculation on deforming anatomy.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Radiation Oncology > Medical Radiation Physics 10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Image Guided Therapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics ISTB [discontinued] |
UniBE Contributor: |
Peterhans, Matthias, Frei, Daniel, Manser, Peter, Reyes, Mauricio, Fix, Michael |
ISSN: |
0939-3889 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier, Urban & Fischer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:16 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:04 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.11.002 |
PubMed ID: |
21247744 |
Web of Science ID: |
000293805800005 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/4684 (FactScience: 209253) |
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