Grid Monte Carlo Simulation of a Medical Linear Accelerator



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Submitted Nov 29, 2018
Published Dec 14, 2018
10.24018/ejeng.2018.3.12.1001

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A full grid simulation of the head of an Elekta Synergy Platform medical linear accelerator is performed using the Geant4 Monte Carlo platform. The simulation includes all components of the accelerator head and a homogeneous water phantom. Results in terms of depth doses and lateral dose profiles are presented for 6 MV photon beam with the 10x10 cm2 reference field size at 100 cm distance from the source. Overall, a good agreement with the measured dose data is achieved with a precision better than 0.93% and 2.63% for the depth dose profile and lateral dose profiles respectively.

Keywords: Grid Computing; Linac; Radiotherapy; Geant4.

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