Fast multipurpose Monte Carlo simulation for proton therapy using multi- and many-core CPU architectures

Purpose: Accuracy in proton therapy treatment planning can be improved using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. However the long computation time of such methods hinders their use in clinical routine. This work aims to develop a fast multipurpose Monte Carlo simulation tool for proton therapy using massi...

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Published in:	Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 1700 - 1712
Main Authors:	Souris, Kevin, Lee, John Aldo, Sterpin, Edmond
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Association of Physicists in Medicine 01.04.2016
Subjects:	60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES ACCURACY ALGORITHMS ANIMAL TISSUES BENCHMARKS Collisional energy loss Computer hardware COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION Computers DEUTERONS dose calculation Dose‐volume analysis dosimetry Dosimetry/exposure assessment ENERGY LOSSES high performance computing ICRU IN VIVO microprocessor chips Monte Carlo algorithms MONTE CARLO METHOD Monte Carlo methods Monte Carlo simulation MULTIPLE SCATTERING Nuclear interactions Nuclear structure models Phantoms, Imaging PROTON BEAMS Proton Therapy Protons RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY radiation therapy RADIOTHERAPY Scintigraphy Time Factors Tissues Water Xeon Phi Xeon Phi dose calculation proton therapy high performance computing Monte Carlo simulation
ISSN:	0094-2405, 2473-4209
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