RT Journal Article
T1 Performance of a virtual source model for stereotactic radiosurgery with a dynamic micro-multileaf collimator.
A1 González-Infantes, Wilfredo
A1 Anguiano, Marta
A1 Lallena, Antonio
K1 Óptica
K1 Estereoencefalotomía
AB A virtual source model recently developed for external radiotherapy,which includes two photon sources and two electron sources, is tested for stereotacticradiosurgery with a dynamic micro-multileaf collimator. A 6 MV Elekta Preciselinac that incorporates a 3Dline L’Arancio dynamic micro-multileaf collimator wasconsidered. The capabilities of the virtual source model have been tested againstfull simulations performed with the Monte Carlo simulation code PENELOPE usingboth PENELOPE itself and the rapid Monte Carlo code DPM. The reference10 cm × 10 cm radiation field as well as small fields of 1.2 cm × 1.2 cm, 2.9 cm × 2.9 cmand 5.8 cm×5.8 cm were considered. The dynamic micro-multileaf collimator effect canbe included in the virtual source model by reducing the width of the photon primarysource by a factor 3. In all cases the virtual source model simulations were in verygood agreement with the complete ones including the linac and collimator geometries.
PB IOP
YR 2017
FD 2017-11-17
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37133
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37133
LA eng
NO W González et al 2017 Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 3 065008
NO https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/what-is-iop-publishings-green-open-access-policy/
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026