Monte Carlo dose calculation on deforming anatomy. 2011

Matthias Peterhans, and Daniel Frei, and Peter Manser, and Mauricio Reyes Aguirre, and Michael K Fix
ARTORG Center for Computer-Aided Surgery CCAS, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse, Switzerland. Matthias.Peterhans@istb.unibe.ch

This article presents the implementation and validation of a dose calculation approach for deforming anatomical objects. Deformation is represented by deformation vector fields leading to deformed voxel grids representing the different deformation scenarios. Particle transport in the resulting deformed voxels is handled through the approximation of voxel surfaces by triangles in the geometry implementation of the Swiss Monte Carlo Plan framework. The focus lies on the validation methodology which uses computational phantoms representing the same physical object through regular and irregular voxel grids. These phantoms are chosen such that the new implementation for a deformed voxel grid can be compared directly with an established dose calculation algorithm for regular grids. Furthermore, separate validation of the aspects voxel geometry and the density changes resulting from deformation is achieved through suitable design of the validation phantom. We show that equivalent results are obtained with the proposed method and that no statistically significant errors are introduced through the implementation for irregular voxel geometries. This enables the use of the presented and validated implementation for further investigations of dose calculation on deforming anatomy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009010 Monte Carlo Method In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993) Method, Monte Carlo
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D010825 Physics The study of those aspects of energy and matter in terms of elementary principles and laws. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Physic
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D011880 Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy. Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer-Assisted,Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy,Calculation, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Calculations, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Computer Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculation,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculations,Dosimetry Calculation, Computer-Assisted,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer Assisted,Planning, Computer Assisted Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000465 Algorithms A procedure consisting of a sequence of algebraic formulas and/or logical steps to calculate or determine a given task. Algorithm
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