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TOPAS: An innovative proton Monte Carlo platform for research and clinical applications
Medical Physics · 2012 · Vol. 39(11) · pp. 6818–6837
Joseph Perl✉(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)Jae‐Gook Shin(UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center)J. Schümann(Harvard University)Bruce Faddegon(University of California, San Francisco)Harald Paganetti(Harvard University)
Abstract
We have demonstrated TOPAS accuracy and usability in a variety of proton therapy setups. As we are preparing to make this tool freely available for researchers in medical physics, we anticipate widespread use of this tool in the growing proton therapy community.
Radiation Therapy and DosimetryNuclear Physics and ApplicationsAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsMonte Carlo methodMedical physicsProton therapyProtonComputer scienceStatistical physicsPhysicsNuclear physicsMathematicsStatistics
MeSH terms
Eye NeoplasmsHumansMelanomaMonte Carlo MethodRadiotherapy DosageScattering, RadiationSoftwareTomography, X-Ray ComputedRadiosurgeryPrecision MedicineProton Therapy
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- National Institutes of Health
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