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177Lu-DOTATATE	177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
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3D optical body scan	Optical 3D body scanning for patient-specific dose estimates in CT
3D phantom	Use of the VirtualPatient 3D in ionizing radiation field
3D-printing	A Monte Carlo framework to evaluate the radiological properties of 3D-printable materials for proton therapy phantom development
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90Y	A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours
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AAA	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
accelerator	SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
activation	A self-consistent numerical evaluation of machine and shielding activation for medical accelerator systems
AI	Deep Learning for Monte Carlo Simulation in Medical Physics (Invited)
alpha-emitters	Dependence on the nucleus eccentricity of microdosimetric quantities for radiopharmaceutical alpha emitters
ambient neutron monitors	Prediction of out-of-field neutron doses for proton therapy patients by means of Monte Carlo simulations
anatomical noise	The AGATA platform for Virtual Clinical Trials x-ray breast imaging: Detector model and anatomical noise validation in 2D mammography
Anthropomorphic models	Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
Aperture	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
Arterial Input Function	A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
Attenuation	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
Automatic workflow	A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy
AXB	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
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Backscatter correction	Determination of monitor chamber backscatter correction for Monte Carlo simulations of a TrueBeam 6 MV beam
Beam accelerator	Recent developments in BDSIM for medical applications
Beam modeling	Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions
beam quality	On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
benchmark	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
benchmarking	Update on the G4-Med project, a Geant4 benchmarking system for bio-medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group
bio-medical applications	Update on the G4-Med project, a Geant4 benchmarking system for bio-medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group
biological damage	Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters
boron neutron capture therapy	Towards Computational Microdosimetry in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with GEANT4
Brachytherapy	New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators. Validation and deployment of the brachytherapy package for Monte Carlo simulations with TOPAS Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code Applications of Monte Carlo simulations in brachytherapy (Invited) A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions
Breast Computed tomography	A fast GPU Monte Carlo code for Virtual Clinical trials in Breast Computed tomography
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CAD geometry	Varian Halcyon linac Monte Carlo model using CAD geometry implementation: Dose and IAEA-compliant phase space calculations
calculation	Adapted CCC algorithm for MR-linac dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
Carbon ion therapy	On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
Carbon ions	Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
CBCT	Fastcat: Rapid Hybrid Monte Carlo Simulation of Cone Beam CT (CBCT)
Cell survival	Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC
cellular dosimetry	177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
charged particle transport	PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm
class-II condensed history	PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm
clinical proton beam	Monte Carlo modelling and validation of the IBA ProteusONE proton beam at PARTICLE using TOPAS/GEANT4
cloud	Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications
clustered DNA damage	On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
collimation	Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study
complex DSB clusters	On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
Computational dosimetry	On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
computational microdosimetry	Towards Computational Microdosimetry in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with GEANT4
computational radiobiology	Simulation of radio-induced DNA damage and their repair by means of Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Track Structure code
computed tomography	Development and benchmark of a customizable Monte Carlo CT scanner model
computing	Planning a treatment in particle therapy field and Monte Carlo simulations
concrete shielding design	A self-consistent numerical evaluation of machine and shielding activation for medical accelerator systems
conditional GAN	Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation
Cone-beam CT	TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems
CT	Optical 3D body scanning for patient-specific dose estimates in CT Monte Carlo simulation of a proton computed tomography scanner to optimize fluence modulated imaging (Invited)
CyberKnife	Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions
CZT	Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector
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Data management	A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy
deep learning	Fast Dose Calculation in X-Ray Guided Interventions by Using Deep Neural Networks and Monte Carlo Simulations A step towards treatment planning for microbeam radiation therapy: fast dose predictions with generative adversarial networks Improving the statistical quality of Monte Carlo dose distribution by using a deep learning approach Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation 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
denoising	Improving the statistical quality of Monte Carlo dose distribution by using a deep learning approach
design	SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
Detector	Design and validation of MaRSS: a Modular Radiation Simulation Software package
detector model	The AGATA platform for Virtual Clinical Trials x-ray breast imaging: Detector model and anatomical noise validation in 2D mammography
diamond detector	Microdosimetric spectra of electronic brachytherapy skin treatment devices: a MC approach
DICOM	A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy.
DICOM files	Recent developments in BDSIM for medical applications
differential cross section	Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters
direct action	On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
DNA	Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
DNA damage and repair	Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0
DNA double strand breaks	Establishing correlation between physical microdosimetric quantities and biological endpoints such as DNA double strand break
dose	Monte Carlo applications for small animal radiotherapy and interventional radiology VERIQA - The importance of Monte Carlo in quality assurance Adapted CCC algorithm for MR-linac dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulation knowledge
Dose Area Product	Using EGSnrc to split a photon beam into dose components for systematic investigations of dose-area-product.
Dose calculation	Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation moqui: MOnte carlo code for QUIck proton dose calculation Determination of monitor chamber backscatter correction for Monte Carlo simulations of a TrueBeam 6 MV beam
dose distribution	Improving the statistical quality of Monte Carlo dose distribution by using a deep learning approach
Dose recalculation	A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy
Dose verification	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
Dosimetry	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy Monte Carlo calculations for proton therapy dosimetry: detectors modelling and applications (Invited) Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions Use of the VirtualPatient 3D in ionizing radiation field Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours Monte Carlo simulation of the on-board imager (OBI) kV imaging system Dosimetry study of SIRT microspheres with Monte-Carlo simulations Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications 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 myQA iON: from measurement to independent MC and log-based patient QA
Dual-layer MLC	Varian Halcyon linac Monte Carlo model using CAD geometry implementation: Dose and IAEA-compliant phase space calculations
dynamic Positron Emission Tomography	A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
Dynamic Trajectory Radiotherapy	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties Impact of fluence interpolation during intensity modulation optimization in dynamic trajectory radiotherapy
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early DNA damage	Simulation of radio-induced DNA damage and their repair by means of Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Track Structure code
Education	Design and validation of MaRSS: a Modular Radiation Simulation Software package
Educational resources	Validation and deployment of the brachytherapy package for Monte Carlo simulations with TOPAS
EGS5	EGS-SMS: EGS5-based Programming Shell for Medical Physics Simulations
egs_brachy	Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code
EGSnrc	Using EGSnrc to split a photon beam into dose components for systematic investigations of dose-area-product. Development and benchmark of a customizable Monte Carlo CT scanner model Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams
electron	SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
electron dose calculation algorithm commissioning	Auto-commissioning of an electron beam model for photon MLC shaped fields in electron radiotherapy
electron fluence	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
electron radiotherapy	Auto-commissioning of an electron beam model for photon MLC shaped fields in electron radiotherapy Exploiting robust optimized mixed photon and electron radiotherapy to avoid using a bolus
electronic brachytherapy	Microdosimetric spectra of electronic brachytherapy skin treatment devices: a MC approach A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators
Energy imparted	Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements
Escape peaks	Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector
Euchromatin	Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
External radiotherapy	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
Eye cancer	Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances
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Fast MC	Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
FAST MONTE CARLO	A feasibility study of IORT-Flash using a GPU-based fast Monte Carlo (FRED)
field size	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
FLUKA	SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
Fluorescence	Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector
Fragmentation	Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
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GAN	GAN for source modeling in PET Monte Carlo simulation
GATE	Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry
Geant4	PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm Design and validation of MaRSS: a Modular Radiation Simulation Software package Update on the G4-Med project, a Geant4 benchmarking system for bio-medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group Dependence on the nucleus eccentricity of microdosimetric quantities for radiopharmaceutical alpha emitters Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy. Towards Computational Microdosimetry in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with GEANT4 Dosimetry study of SIRT microspheres with Monte-Carlo simulations 177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
Geant4-DNA	New cell nucleus geometry for modelling the radiation-induced DNA damage topology. Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements Simulation of radio-induced DNA damage and their repair by means of Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Track Structure code Updating GEANT4-DNA to enable simulation of radiation chemical yield of hydrated electrons at different temperatures and pH values Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
Generative models	A step towards treatment planning for microbeam radiation therapy: fast dose predictions with generative adversarial networks
Geometrical Importance Sampling	Quasi Monte-Carlo Voxelized Source Sampling
Gillespie	Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
Glioblastoma	A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions
Gold nanoparticle therapy	Microdosimetry of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy using multiscale modelling
GPGPU	moqui: MOnte carlo code for QUIck proton dose calculation
GPU	Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model A feasibility study of IORT-Flash using a GPU-based fast Monte Carlo (FRED)
Graphical User Interface	A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
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Hadron Therapy	Relative biological effectiveness in the spatial fractionation of hadron therapy beams. Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
Halcyon	Varian Halcyon linac Monte Carlo model using CAD geometry implementation: Dose and IAEA-compliant phase space calculations
Haralick	Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions
helium CT	Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
Heterochromatin	Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
Hi-C	Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
high-dose-rate brachytherapy	A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators
HPC	Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
Hybrid Monte Carlo	Fastcat: Rapid Hybrid Monte Carlo Simulation of Cone Beam CT (CBCT)
Hydrated Electron Dosimetry	Updating GEANT4-DNA to enable simulation of radiation chemical yield of hydrated electrons at different temperatures and pH values
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IAEA-compliant phase space	Varian Halcyon linac Monte Carlo model using CAD geometry implementation: Dose and IAEA-compliant phase space calculations
image quality	Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
imrt	Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams
in silico	Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications
in-beam PET monitoring	Localization of anatomical changes in patients during proton therapy with in-beam PET monitoring: a Voxel-Based Morphometry approach exploiting Monte Carlo simulations
In-stent Restenosis	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
indirect action	On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
intensity modulation optimization	Impact of fluence interpolation during intensity modulation optimization in dynamic trajectory radiotherapy
internal radiation therapy	Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry
Interventional Radiology	Fast Dose Calculation in X-Ray Guided Interventions by Using Deep Neural Networks and Monte Carlo Simulations
Intracoronary Brachytherapy	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
INTRAGO	A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT)	A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions
Intravascular Brachytherapy	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
Ion chambers	On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
ionization by electron impact	Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters
ionization chamber	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
Ionization yield	Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements
IORT	A feasibility study of IORT-Flash using a GPU-based fast Monte Carlo (FRED)
IORT treatment planning	A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions
Isochores	New cell nucleus geometry for modelling the radiation-induced DNA damage topology.
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keloid scar	Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code
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lateral conformity	Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study
LETd	Relative biological effectiveness in the spatial fractionation of hadron therapy beams.
Log file-analysis	Log files-based Quality Assurance of Mixed Electron-photon Beam Radiation Therapy
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Machine Learning	Machine learning techniques applied to therapeutic energies particle tracking of protons and carbon ions in microdosimetry exploiting Geant4 simulations
Magnetic fields	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
mammography	The AGATA platform for Virtual Clinical Trials x-ray breast imaging: Detector model and anatomical noise validation in 2D mammography
mc	Monte Carlo applications for light ion beam therapy (Invited) Applications of Monte Carlo simulations in brachytherapy (Invited) Monte Carlo calculations for proton therapy dosimetry: detectors modelling and applications (Invited) Monte Carlo simulation of a proton computed tomography scanner to optimize fluence modulated imaging (Invited) Accessible Accuracy: How Monte Carlo Could Transform Clinical Practice (Invited)
MC simulations	Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
Mechanistic Modeling	Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0
Medical	EGS-SMS: EGS5-based Programming Shell for Medical Physics Simulations
Medical Imaging	TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems
Microdosimetry	Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data Establishing correlation between physical microdosimetric quantities and biological endpoints such as DNA double strand break Dependence on the nucleus eccentricity of microdosimetric quantities for radiopharmaceutical alpha emitters Microdosimetric spectra of electronic brachytherapy skin treatment devices: a MC approach Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS. Microdosimetry of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy using multiscale modelling Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions Machine learning techniques applied to therapeutic energies particle tracking of protons and carbon ions in microdosimetry exploiting Geant4 simulations Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC
Micrometric dose calculation	PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy
microsphere	Dosimetry study of SIRT microspheres with Monte-Carlo simulations
Miniaturized TEPC	Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data
Mircobeam radiation therapy	A step towards treatment planning for microbeam radiation therapy: fast dose predictions with generative adversarial networks
Mixed beams	Exploiting robust optimized mixed photon and electron radiotherapy to avoid using a bolus
Mixed-beam radiotherapy	Log files-based Quality Assurance of Mixed Electron-photon Beam Radiation Therapy
model	Deep Learning for Monte Carlo Simulation in Medical Physics (Invited) Monte Carlo applications for light ion beam therapy (Invited) Applications of Monte Carlo simulations in brachytherapy (Invited) Monte Carlo simulation of a proton computed tomography scanner to optimize fluence modulated imaging (Invited) Accessible Accuracy: How Monte Carlo Could Transform Clinical Practice (Invited)
models	Towards mechanistic modeling of the response of tissue to radiation (Invited)
Molecular Radionuclide Therapy	177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
Molecular Radiotherapy	Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy.
Monte Carlo	Towards mechanistic modeling of the response of tissue to radiation (Invited) Using EGSnrc to split a photon beam into dose components for systematic investigations of dose-area-product. New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators. SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes Fast Dose Calculation in X-Ray Guided Interventions by Using Deep Neural Networks and Monte Carlo Simulations Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation Relative biological effectiveness in the spatial fractionation of hadron therapy beams. TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems Microdosimetry of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy using multiscale modelling A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams Deep Learning for Monte Carlo Simulation in Medical Physics (Invited) A DICOM-compliant, automated Monte Carlo dose recalculation workflow for LDR prostate brachytherapy Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC Monte Carlo simulation of the on-board imager (OBI) kV imaging system Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications EGS-SMS: EGS5-based Programming Shell for Medical Physics Simulations Monte Carlo applications for small animal radiotherapy and interventional radiology VERIQA - The importance of Monte Carlo in quality assurance Adapted CCC algorithm for MR-linac dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulation knowledge Monte Carlo Dose Calculation in the Brainlab Elements VMAT Optimization Planning a treatment in particle therapy field and Monte Carlo simulations myQA iON: from measurement to independent MC and log-based patient QA Medical product development using a Multiphysics approach
Monte Carlo beam modelling	Auto-commissioning of an electron beam model for photon MLC shaped fields in electron radiotherapy
Monte Carlo dose calculation	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
Monte Carlo method	PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy
Monte Carlo simulation	PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography A fast GPU Monte Carlo code for Virtual Clinical trials in Breast Computed tomography GAN for source modeling in PET Monte Carlo simulation Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation
Monte Carlo simulations	A treatment planning framework for glioblastoma using Monte Carlo calculation of intraoperative radiotherapy dose distributions Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study 177Lu-DOTATATE Microdosimetry with Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulations
Monte Carlo simultion	Log files-based Quality Assurance of Mixed Electron-photon Beam Radiation Therapy
Monte-Carlo	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry 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
Monte-Carlo dose calculation	Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation
Monte-Carlo simulations	Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances Recent developments in BDSIM for medical applications
MRgRT	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
Multi-slat collimator	Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam
multiphysics	Medical product development using a Multiphysics approach
Multiscale modelling	Microdosimetry of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiation therapy using multiscale modelling
MV-CBCT	Fastcat: Rapid Hybrid Monte Carlo Simulation of Cone Beam CT (CBCT)
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Nanodosimetry	New cell nucleus geometry for modelling the radiation-induced DNA damage topology.
Nanometre scale	Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements
Neutron	On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness
neutrons	Prediction of out-of-field neutron doses for proton therapy patients by means of Monte Carlo simulations
new techniques	Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation
non-coplanar radiotherapy	Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
NSM	Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
nuclear medicine	TOPAS for 90Y-microsphere radioembolization dosimetry Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
Nuclear model	Development of a GPU-accelerated Monte-Carlo (FRED) for carbon therapy dose recalculation using a data-driven fragmentation model
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Ocular tumors	Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances
On-board kv imaging system	Monte Carlo simulation of the on-board imager (OBI) kV imaging system
ophthalmic	New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators.
optimization	Monte Carlo Dose Calculation in the Brainlab Elements VMAT Optimization
out-of-field	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 Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
out-of-field doses	Prediction of out-of-field neutron doses for proton therapy patients by means of Monte Carlo simulations
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Particle charge identification	Machine learning techniques applied to therapeutic energies particle tracking of protons and carbon ions in microdosimetry exploiting Geant4 simulations
Particle Therapy Interuniversity Center Leuven - Belgium	Monte Carlo modelling and validation of the IBA ProteusONE proton beam at PARTICLE using TOPAS/GEANT4
Particle tracking	Machine learning techniques applied to therapeutic energies particle tracking of protons and carbon ions in microdosimetry exploiting Geant4 simulations
patch-based Monte Carlo simulation	Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry
Pediatric Dosimetry	Exploitation of HPC for realistic pediatric dosimetry simulations using GATE
Pelvic irradiation	Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam
PENELOPE	PenG4: Implementation into Geant4 of the PENELOPE physics models and class-II transport algorithm
penumbra	Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study
personalized dose estimates	Optical 3D body scanning for patient-specific dose estimates in CT
personalized dosimetry	Development and benchmark of a customizable Monte Carlo CT scanner model
perturbation correction factor	On the perturbation and beam quality correction in carbon ion beams
PET	TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems
PET imaging	GAN for source modeling in PET Monte Carlo simulation
phase space	Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation
Photon beams	Determination of monitor chamber backscatter correction for Monte Carlo simulations of a TrueBeam 6 MV beam
photon irradiations	Establishing correlation between physical microdosimetric quantities and biological endpoints such as DNA double strand break
Photon radiotherapy	Exploiting robust optimized mixed photon and electron radiotherapy to avoid using a bolus
Physics	EGS-SMS: EGS5-based Programming Shell for Medical Physics Simulations
Pixellated spectroscopic detector	Escape corrections in a CZT pixellated spectroscopic X-ray detector
plaque	New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators.
practice	Accessible Accuracy: How Monte Carlo Could Transform Clinical Practice (Invited)
preclinical	Monte Carlo applications for small animal radiotherapy and interventional radiology
product	Medical product development using a Multiphysics approach
Prompt gamma imaging	Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam
ProteusONE	Monte Carlo modelling and validation of the IBA ProteusONE proton beam at PARTICLE using TOPAS/GEANT4
Proton	moqui: MOnte carlo code for QUIck proton dose calculation Monte Carlo calculations for proton therapy dosimetry: detectors modelling and applications (Invited)
proton CT	Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
Proton range verification	Distal edge determination for a multi-slat prompt-gamma camera: irradiation with a 200-MeV proton beam
Proton therapy	Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data 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 Localization of anatomical changes in patients during proton therapy with in-beam PET monitoring: a Voxel-Based Morphometry approach exploiting Monte Carlo simulations A Monte Carlo framework to evaluate the radiological properties of 3D-printable materials for proton therapy phantom development Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances Prediction of out-of-field neutron doses for proton therapy patients by means of Monte Carlo simulations A self-consistent numerical evaluation of machine and shielding activation for medical accelerator systems
protons	Monte Carlo applications for light ion beam therapy (Invited)
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QA	myQA iON: from measurement to independent MC and log-based patient QA
Quality assurance	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software Log files-based Quality Assurance of Mixed Electron-photon Beam Radiation Therapy
quality factor	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
Quasi Monte Carlo	Quasi Monte-Carlo Voxelized Source Sampling
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RadCalc	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software
Radial Artery	A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
radiation	Towards mechanistic modeling of the response of tissue to radiation (Invited) Suite for In Silico Dosimetry: cloud Monte Carlo simulations for advanced ionizing radiation applications
Radiation Chemistry Yield	Updating GEANT4-DNA to enable simulation of radiation chemical yield of hydrated electrons at different temperatures and pH values
radiation field characterization	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
Radiation Quality assessement	Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data
Radiobiological models	Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC
Radiobiology	Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0 Establishing correlation between physical microdosimetric quantities and biological endpoints such as DNA double strand break
radiochromic film	Verification of the high dose rate brachytherapy doses in a keloid scar treatment using an egs_brachy Monte Carlo code
Radioembolization	A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours
radioisotopes	SMART: Solving design challenges in accelerator-based, high-volume production of medical isotopes
radionuclide dosimetry	TOPAS for 90Y-microsphere radioembolization dosimetry
radionuclides	Dependence on the nucleus eccentricity of microdosimetric quantities for radiopharmaceutical alpha emitters
radioprotection	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
radiotherapy	Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams
Radiotherapy phantom	A Monte Carlo framework to evaluate the radiological properties of 3D-printable materials for proton therapy phantom development
RBE	Microdosimetric simulations with TOPAS: comparison with experimental data On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness Relative biological effectiveness in the spatial fractionation of hadron therapy beams.
RDME	Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
reference dosimetry	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
Region of Interests	Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy.
relative biological effectiveness	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS. A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC
relative stopping power	Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
Restenosis	Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry
Robustness Calculation and Evaluation	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
ruthenium	New geometric models for improving Monte Carlo calculations of Ru/Rh asymmetric ophthalmic applicators.
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scintillator	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
SIRT	A theoretical Monte Carlo study for Yttrium-90 radioembolization on hepatocellular carcinoma tumours Dosimetry study of SIRT microspheres with Monte-Carlo simulations
Small field dosimetry	Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions
solid-state detectors	Monte Carlo calculation of electron fluence perturbations in seven commercial radiation detectors in MRgRT beams.
Source Sampling	Quasi Monte-Carlo Voxelized Source Sampling
spatial resolution	Evaluation of the impact of a scanner prototype on proton CT and helium CT image quality and dose efficiency with Monte Carlo simulation
SPECT	TOPAS-Imaging: An extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for medical imaging systems
SPECT imaging devices	Conditional GAN for Monte Carlo SPECT simulation
statistical improvement	Improving the statistical quality of Monte Carlo dose distribution by using a deep learning approach
surface applicators	A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators
Synchrotron radiation therapy	PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy
Systematic machine uncertainties	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
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Texture	Haralick texture feature analysis of Monte Carlo generated dose distributions
TG-253	A Monte Carlo study on relative biological effectiveness of TG-253 surface electronic brachytherapy applicators
Timepix detector	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
Toolkit	A Radiation detector simulation toolkit for calculating the Arterial Input Function during Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography
TOPAS	Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0 TOPAS for 90Y-microsphere radioembolization dosimetry 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 Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS. Implementation of microdosimetry-based radiobiological models in TOPAS MC Monte Carlo modelling and validation of the IBA ProteusONE proton beam at PARTICLE using TOPAS/GEANT4
TOPAS MC toolkit	Validation and deployment of the brachytherapy package for Monte Carlo simulations with TOPAS
TOPAS-nBio	Development of Different Chromatin Compaction DNA Geometry Using the Hi-C Technique in TOPAS-nBio
total cross section	Simulation of biological damage using ionization cross sections of water clusters
toxicity	Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS.
TPS	Planning a treatment in particle therapy field and Monte Carlo simulations
Track-structure Monte Carlo	Features of TOPAS-nBio - release v1.0
Training	Use of the VirtualPatient 3D in ionizing radiation field
Treatment Plan Evaluation	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
treatment planning	Monte Carlo treatment planning process for dynamic trajectory radiotherapy including dynamic table translations applied to cranio-spinal irradiation Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software Monte-Carlo Based Simulations of the Uncertainties in Clinical Water-Based Intravascular Brachytherapy Dosimetry Dosimetric characterization of a dynamic collimation system for pencil beam scanning proton therapy: a Monte Carlo study Impact of fluence interpolation during intensity modulation optimization in dynamic trajectory radiotherapy
Treatment planning system	PenMRT: A PENELOPE based high-resolution dose calculation engine for microbeam radiation therapy
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Uncertainty estimation	Probabilistic optimization of a CyberKnife Monte Carlo beam model and its impact on simulated dosimetric functions
Uveal melanoma	Numerical simulations to optimize passive scattering eye treatment beamlines toward improved clinical performances
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validation	Validation and deployment of the brachytherapy package for Monte Carlo simulations with TOPAS Validating in- and out-of-field microdosimetric spectra of proton, helium and oxygen beams with TOPAS. Towards Computational Microdosimetry in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy with GEANT4
veriqa	VERIQA - The importance of Monte Carlo in quality assurance
virtual clinical trials	A fast GPU Monte Carlo code for Virtual Clinical trials in Breast Computed tomography The AGATA platform for Virtual Clinical Trials x-ray breast imaging: Detector model and anatomical noise validation in 2D mammography
Virtual Patient	Use of the VirtualPatient 3D in ionizing radiation field
vmat	Accuracy of an independent Monte Carlo dose verification software Cylindrical ionization chamber response in dynamic high-energy photon beams Monte Carlo Dose Calculation in the Brainlab Elements VMAT Optimization
VMAT and HyperArc	Monte Carlo based assessment of VMAT, HyperArc and dynamic trajectory radiotherapy plan robustness against systematic machine uncertainties
Voxel	Monte Carlo simulation for WIDMApp (Wearable Individual Dose Monitoring Apparatus): an innovative approach for individual dose monitoring in Molecular Radiotherapy.
Voxel-Based Morphometry	Localization of anatomical changes in patients during proton therapy with in-beam PET monitoring: a Voxel-Based Morphometry approach exploiting Monte Carlo simulations
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W-value	Calculation of energy imparted from ionization-based measurements
water radiolysis	Geant4-DNA modeling of water radiolysis beyond the microsecond: an on-lattice stochastic approach
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X-Ray	Fast Dose Calculation in X-Ray Guided Interventions by Using Deep Neural Networks and Monte Carlo Simulations
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Y-90	Evaluating mosaicking strategies for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry
Y90-microsphere	TOPAS for 90Y-microsphere radioembolization dosimetry