Application of digital image processing for the generation of voxels phantoms for Monte Carlo simulation

Boia, L.S.; Menezes, Artur F.; Cardoso, Marco Antonio Costa; Rosa, L.A.R. da; Batista, Delano V. S.; Cardoso, Simone C.; Silva, A.X.; Facure, A.

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.08.017

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“…In this sense, for performing simulation involving the Monte Carlo method it is necessary to use voxel structure recognized by the MCNP radiation transport code. For this purpose, Boia et al [4] developed a computational methodology to convert the patient DICOM image in a voxel structure recognized by MCNP code. Alternatively, there are studies [5] using voxel simulator MAX and others [6] using REX simulator published by Kramer et al [7] and for the ICRP110 [8], respectively.…”

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Generation of Dose Volume Histograms Using Voxel Structure and the Monte Carlo Method in Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy

Menezes¹,

Laulate²,

Reis³

et al. 2016

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The Dose Volume Histograms are tools commonly used in medical physics, for the analysis of doses delivered to the tumors and organs at risk, during radiotherapy treatments. However, there are few studies in the literature showing in details the steps of its construction. This work presents the implementation and evaluation of a computational methodology, for the construction of Dose Volume histograms, generated from simulations using anthropomorphic and voxel phantoms, in conjunction with the Monte Carlo code MCNP. The methodology was evaluated considering brachytherapy planning of low dose rate, using 108 seeds of I-125 with individual activities of 0.33 mCi performed on the simulator in voxel recommended by ICRP 110. The dosimetric analysis after implantation showed that the prostate received doses ranging from 0 to 360 Gy. We found the values of 50, 145 and 160 Gy for the parameters D 100 , D 90 and D 80 and 28%, 90%, 92% and 95% for the parameters V 200 , V 100 , V 90 and V 80. The rectum and bladder received maximum doses equal to 41 and 60 Gy and found the values of 39 and 22 Gy and 58 and 42 Gy to the parameters D 0.1cc and D 2cc , respectively. The results after dosimetric implant proved satisfactory, which validate the methodology described above.

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