Monte Carlo simulations were used to predict the dose enhancement ratio (DER) using the flattening-filter-free (FFF) and flattening-filter (FF) photon beams in prostate nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy, with multiple variables such as nanoparticle...
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the dosimetric results of flattening filter-free (FFF) vs. flattened (FF) treatment plans for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT), with the goal to highlight potential advantages of FFF beams. Methods: A...
Our team evaluated contrast enhancement for portal imaging using Monte Carlo simulation in nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy. Dependencies of percentage contrast enhancement on flattening-filter (FF) and flattening-filter-free (FFF) photon beams wer...
(1) Background: The Exradin W2 is a commercially available scintillator detector designed for reference and relative dosimetry in small fields. In this work, we investigated the performance of the W2 scintillator in a 10 MV flattening-filter-free pho...
The aim of this study is to investigate the variations of depth dose enhancement (DDE) on different nanoparticle (NP) variables, when using the flattening-filter-free (FFF) photon beam in nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy. Monte Carlo simulation und...
Purpose: This phantom study investigated through Monte Carlo simulation how the dose enhancement varied with depth, when gold nanoparticles (NPs) were added using the flattening filter-free (FFF) photon beams in gold NP-enhanced radiotherapy. Method:...
In recent years, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has gained popularity among clinical methods for the treatment of medium and low risk prostate cancer (PCa), mainly as an alternative to surgery. The hypo-fractionated regimen allows the adm...
The photon induced radical-initiated polymerization in polymer gels can be used for high-resolution tissue equivalent dosimeters in quality control of radiation therapy. The dose (D) distribution in radiation therapy can be measured as a change of th...
Literature data on the administration of conventional high-dose beams with (FF) or without flattening filters (FFF) show conflicting results on biological effects at the cellular level. To contribute to this field, we irradiated V79 Chinese hamster l...
A dosimetric study compared flattened filter (FF) and unflattened filter-free (FFF) 18 MV medical linear accelerators (LINAC) using BEAMnrc Monte Carlo (MC) calculations and experimental measurements. BEAMnrc MC simulations were initially validated a...
Modelling of linear accelerators using the Monte Carlo method is critical for precise radiotherapy planning. In addition, detailed and accurate dose estimation to the organ at risk can be assessed and optimized. In this study, EGSnrc Monte Carlo code...
A Monte Carlo-based model of the CyberKnife M6 6 MV Flattening Filter-Free (FFF) beam was developed to produce the data that can be used to train artificial neural networks. The data include the energy spectra of the beam, its average energy, the spa...
Herein, we evaluated the neutron and gamma capture dose equivalent rates at the maze entrance of Varian TrueBeam and Elekta Versa HD™ medical linear accelerators (linacs) using experimental measurements as well as empirical calculations. Dose r...
Purpose: Approaching treatment for elderly patients with atrial fibrillation is difficult. A prospective phase II trial evaluating LINAC-based stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) safety in this population started in 2021. Dosimetric and plan...
Background: Justification of imaging procedures such as cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in radiotherapy makes no doubt. However, the CBCT composite dose is rarely reported or optimized, even though the repeated CBCT cumulative dose can be up to...
Bit-loaded quadrature amplitude modulation-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (QAM-OFDM) encoding and photonic-crystal-engineered multi-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (MM-VCSELs) transmission performance are analyzed. Two differ...
Background: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) is as a standard treatment for prostate cancer (PCa). Tight margins and high dose gradients are needed, and the precise localization of the target is mandatory. Our retrospective study reports our exp...