Speaker
Mr
Jungwook Shin
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Description
We have been developing a Monte Carlo simulation software to be applied in clinical usage.
To apply a Monte Carlo simulation in clinical support, the reproducibility of real irradiation is prerequisite. From modeling the therapeutic nozzle to mimicking treatment scheme, we have successfully modeled our beam delivery system which is using rotation modulation wheels to generate a spread-out Bragg peaks(SOBP). The initial beam energy for Monte Carlo simulation was estimated based on the Bragg peak comparisons with measurement and used to simulate SOBPs resulting good agreement with measured SOBPs.In this presentation, we will summarize our status of development and introduce user studies applying the developed software.
Keymords
Proton therapy, SOBP, modulation wheel
Summary
In order to apply Monte Carlo simulation to clinical support, the authors have been developing the Monte Carlo simulation for the proton therapy based on the Geant4 simulation toolkit.
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Author
Mr
Jungwook Shin
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Co-authors
Dr
Dongho Shin
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Dongwook Kim
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Myeong geun Yoon
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Se Byeong Lee
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Sung-Yong Park
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Sungwhan Ahn
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
Dr
Young Kyung Lim
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
