MCMA 2022: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 2022
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, April 11th Tuesday, April 12th Wednesday, April 13th

Monday, April 11th

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09:10-09:40 Session 2: keynote presentation
09:10
Towards mechanistic modeling of the response of tissue to radiation (Invited)
09:40-10:30 Session 3: Monte Carlo Codes and User Interfaces
09:40
Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0
09:50
Update on the G4-Med project, a Geant4 benchmarking system for bio-medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group
10:00
PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy
10:10
PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm
10:20
Design and validation of MaRSS: a Modular Radiation Simulation Software package
11:00-12:30 Session 4: Photon and electron radiotherapy
11:00
Accessible Accuracy: How Monte Carlo Could Transform Clinical Practice (Invited)
11:20
Varian Halcyon linac Monte Carlo model using CAD geometry implementation: Dose and IAEA-compliant phase space calculations
11:30
Auto-commissioning of an electron beam model for photon MLC shaped fields in electron radiotherapy
11:40
Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions
11:50
A step towards treatment planning for microbeam radiation therapy: fast dose predictions with generative adversarial networks
12:00
A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions
12:10
Determination of monitor chamber backscatter correction for Monte Carlo simulations of a TrueBeam 6 MV beam
12:20
Log files-based Quality Assurance of Mixed Electron-photon Beam Radiation Therapy
12:30-13:45 Session 5: Posters
A Monte-Carlo supervised based deep learning model for fluence distribution predictions : first step to mechanic and patient-specific dose distribution prediction for external radiotherapy quality assurance
EGS-SMS: EGS5-based Programming Shell for Medical Physics Simulations
PRESENTER: Isaac Darras
Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study
Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications
Impact of fluence interpolation during intensity modulation optimization in dynamic trajectory radiotherapy
Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector
Quasi Monte-Carlo Voxelized Source Sampling
The AGATA platform for Virtual Clinical Trials x-ray breast imaging: Detector model and anatomical noise validation in 2D mammography
177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
Recent developments in BDSIM for medical applications
A self-consistent numerical evaluation of machine and shielding activation for medical accelerator systems
Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
13:45-14:55 Session 6: Photon and electron therapy, continued
13:45
Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation
PRESENTER: Gian Guyer
13:55
Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
14:05
Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
14:15
Exploiting robust optimized mixed photon and electron radiotherapy to avoid using a bolus
14:25
Use of the VirtualPatient 3D in ionizing radiation field
14:35
Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions
14:45
A feasibility study of IORT-Flash using a GPU-based fast Monte Carlo (FRED)
14:55-16:25 Session 7: Brachytherapy
14:55
Applications of Monte Carlo simulations in brachytherapy (Invited)
15:15
Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
15:25
A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators
15:35
Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code
15:45
Validation and deployment of the brachytherapy package for Monte Carlo simulations with TOPAS
15:55
New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators.
16:05
Microdosimetric spectra of electronic brachytherapy skin treatment devices: a MC approach
16:15
A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy
16:25-17:30 Session 8: News from the vendors
16:25
VERIQA - The importance of Monte Carlo in quality assurance
16:35
Adapted CCC algorithm for MR-linac dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
16:45
Monte Carlo Dose Calculation in the Brainlab Elements VMAT Optimization
16:55
Planning a treatment in particle therapy field and Monte Carlo simulations
17:05
myQA iON: from measurement to independent MC and log-based patient QA
17:15
Medical product development using a Multiphysics approach
17:25
Monte Carlo applications for small animal radiotherapy and interventional radiology
Tuesday, April 12th

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09:00-10:50 Session 9: Proton and ion beam radiotherapy
09:00
Monte Carlo applications for light ion beam therapy (Invited)
09:20
Relative biological effectiveness in the spatial fractionation of hadron therapy beams.
09:30
Localization of anatomical changes in patients during proton therapy with in-beam PET monitoring: a Voxel-Based Morphometry approach exploiting Monte Carlo simulations
09:40
moqui: MOnte carlo code for QUIck proton dose calculation
09:50
Investigation of the impact of aperture and field size on the secondary radiation field in proton therapy using Monte Carlo simulations and measurements with a Timepix detector
10:00
Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
10:10
On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
10:20
Prediction of out-of-field neutron doses for proton therapy patients by means of Monte Carlo simulations
10:30
Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances
10:40
A Monte Carlo framework to evaluate the radiological properties of 3D-printable materials for proton therapy phantom development
11:20-12:30 Session 10: Imaging & Image Guidance
11:20
Monte Carlo simulation of a proton computed tomography scanner to optimize fluence modulated imaging (Invited)
11:40
Development and benchmark of a customizable Monte Carlo CT scanner model
11:50
Optical 3D body scanning for patient-specific dose estimates in CT
12:00
Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
12:10
Fastcat: Rapid Hybrid Monte Carlo Simulation of Cone Beam CT (CBCT)
12:20
A fast GPU Monte Carlo code for Virtual Clinical trials in Breast Computed tomography
PRESENTER: Antonio Sarno
12:30-13:45 Session 11: Posters
Monte Carlo simulation of the on-board imager (OBI) kV imaging system
Dosimetry study of SIRT microspheres with Monte-Carlo simulations
Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy.
Monte Carlo modelling and validation of the IBA ProteusONE proton beam at PARTICLE using TOPAS/GEANT4
On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours
Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam
Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC
Dependence on the nucleus eccentricity of microdosimetric quantities for radiopharmaceutical alpha emitters
Towards Computational Microdosimetry in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with GEANT4
13:45-14:25 Session 12: Imaging & Image Guidance, continued
13:45
A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
13:55
TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems
14:05
SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
14:15-15:25 Session 13: Monte Carlo and Artificial Intelligence
14:15
Deep Learning for Monte Carlo Simulation in Medical Physics (Invited)
14:35
Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation
14:45
Fast Dose Calculation in X-Ray Guided Interventions by Using Deep Neural Networks and Monte Carlo Simulations
14:55
Improving the statistical quality of Monte Carlo dose distribution by using a deep learning approach
15:05
GAN for source modeling in PET Monte Carlo simulation
15:15
Machine learning techniques applied to therapeutic energies particle tracking of protons and carbon ions in microdosimetry exploiting Geant4 simulations
16:00-16:50 Session 14: Microdosimetry and Radiobiology
16:00
Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements
16:10
Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
16:20
Microdosimetry of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy using multiscale modelling
16:30
Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data
16:40
Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters
19:00-23:59 dinner & drinks at Horta

Horta restaurant, Hopland 2, 2000 Antwerp

https://www.grandcafehorta.be/

Wednesday, April 13th

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09:00-10:40 Session 15: Dosimetry
09:00
Monte Carlo calculations for proton therapy dosimetry: detectors modelling and applications (Invited)
09:20
TOPAS for 90Y-microsphere radioembolization dosimetry
09:30
Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
09:40
Using EGSnrc to split a photon beam into dose components for systematic investigations of dose-area-product.
09:50
Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams
10:00
Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry
11:10-12:10 Session 16: Microdosimetry & Radiobiology, continued
11:10
Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
11:20
New cell nucleus geometry for modelling the radiation-induced DNA damage topology.
11:30
Simulation of radio-induced DNA damage and their repair by means of Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Track Structure code
11:40
Updating GEANT4-DNA to enable simulation of radiation chemical yield of hydrated electrons at different temperatures and pH values
11:50
Establishing correlation between physical microdosimetric quantities and biological endpoints such as DNA double strand break