Brualla Lorenzo, Rodriguez Miguel, Lallena Antonio M
NCTeam, Strahlenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, D-45122, Essen, Germany.
Centro Médico Paitilla, Calle 53 y Ave., Balboa, Panama.
Strahlenther Onkol. 2017 Apr;193(4):243-259. doi: 10.1007/s00066-016-1075-8. Epub 2016 Nov 25.
General-purpose radiation transport Monte Carlo codes have been used for estimation of the absorbed dose distribution in external photon and electron beam radiotherapy patients since several decades. Results obtained with these codes are usually more accurate than those provided by treatment planning systems based on non-stochastic methods. Traditionally, absorbed dose computations based on general-purpose Monte Carlo codes have been used only for research, owing to the difficulties associated with setting up a simulation and the long computation time required. To take advantage of radiation transport Monte Carlo codes applied to routine clinical practice, researchers and private companies have developed treatment planning and dose verification systems that are partly or fully based on fast Monte Carlo algorithms. This review presents a comprehensive list of the currently existing Monte Carlo systems that can be used to calculate or verify an external photon and electron beam radiotherapy treatment plan. Particular attention is given to those systems that are distributed, either freely or commercially, and that do not require programming tasks from the end user. These systems are compared in terms of features and the simulation time required to compute a set of benchmark calculations.
几十年来，通用辐射输运蒙特卡罗代码一直用于估算外照射光子和电子束放射治疗患者的吸收剂量分布。使用这些代码获得的结果通常比基于非随机方法的治疗计划系统提供的结果更准确。传统上，基于通用蒙特卡罗代码的吸收剂量计算仅用于研究，这是因为设置模拟存在困难且所需计算时间长。为了利用辐射输运蒙特卡罗代码应用于常规临床实践，研究人员和私营公司开发了部分或完全基于快速蒙特卡罗算法的治疗计划和剂量验证系统。本综述列出了当前可用于计算或验证外照射光子和电子束放射治疗计划的现有蒙特卡罗系统的完整列表。特别关注那些免费或商业发行且最终用户无需编程任务的系统。对这些系统的功能以及计算一组基准计算所需的模拟时间进行了比较。
