Recent developments and comprehensive evaluations of a GPU-based Monte Carlo package for proton therapy

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is commonly considered as the most accurate dose calculation method for proton therapy. Aiming at achieving fast MC dose calculations for clinical applications, we have previously developed a graphics-processing unit (GPU)-based MC tool, gPMC. In this paper, we report our...

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Hauptverfasser: Qin, Nan (VerfasserIn) , Botas Sanmartín, Pablo (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 3 October 2016
In: Physics in medicine and biology
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 61, Heft: 20, Pages: 7347-7362
ISSN:1361-6560
DOI:10.1088/0031-9155/61/20/7347
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/61/20/7347
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Verfasserangaben:Nan Qin, Pablo Botas, Drosoula Giantsoudi, Jan Schuemann, Zhen Tian, Steve B. Jiang, Harald Paganetti and Xun Jia

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