High performance modelling of the transport of energetic particles for photon radiotherapy

Gabriele Birindelli; Jean Luc Feugeas; Jérôme Caron; Bruno Dubroca; Guy Kantor; Jonathan Page; Teddy Pichard; Vladimir Tikhonchuk; Philippe Nicolaï

doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.06.020

High performance modelling of the transport of energetic particles for photon radiotherapy

Gabriele Birindelli
, Jean Luc Feugeas
, Jérôme Caron
, Bruno Dubroca
, Guy Kantor
, Jonathan Page
, Teddy Pichard
, Vladimir Tikhonchuk
, Philippe Nicolaï

Univ. Bordeaux
Institut Bergonié

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Abstract

This work consists of the validation of a new Grid Based Boltzmann Solver (GBBS) conceived for the description of the transport and energy deposition by energetic particles for radiotherapy purposes. The entropic closure and a compact mathematical formulation allow our code (M1) to calculate the delivered dose with an accuracy comparable to the Monte-Carlo (MC) codes with a computational time that is reduced to the order of few minutes without any special processing power requirement. A validation protocol with heterogeneity inserts has been defined for different photon sources. The comparison with the MC calculated depth-dose curves and transverse profiles of the beam at different depths shows an excellent accuracy of the M1 model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-312
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physica Medica
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.06.020
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Boltzmann equation
Deterministic dose calculation
Monte-Carlo algorithm
Radiotherapy treatment planning system

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