Photon beam modeling: A comparative study of primo and gate simulation toolkits for the TrueBeam STx Linac-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photon beam modeling: A comparative study of primo and gate simulation toolkits for the TrueBeam STx Linac

Published:2024 Issue:1 Volume:39 Page:58-65
ISSN:1451-3994
Container-title:Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection
language:en
Short-container-title:Nucl Technol Radiat Prot

Author:

Pham Hong¹^ORCID,Phan Tien²^ORCID,Le Thi³^ORCID,Pham Quang⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Militar y Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam + Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

2. Institute of Material Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

3. School of Engineering Physics, Hanoi University of Sciences and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

4. Radiation Oncology and Radiosurgery Department, Militar y Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract

This study compares the PRIMO and GATE Monte Carlo simulation toolkits for modeling photon beams from a TrueBeam STx Linac used in radiation therapy. Various beam configurations were evaluated against Varian's Golden Beam Data using the Gamma Index method. Both toolkits demonstrated good agreement overall, with GATE generally achieving higher gamma pass rates for percent depth dose curves than PRIMO.

Publisher

National Library of Serbia

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