The
following is a list of Geant4-related Presentations and Posters for the AAPM
50th Annual Meeting at Houston
SU-GG-I-31
Comparison of Breast-Centered and Volume-Of-Interest (VOI)-Centered
VOI Cone Beam CT Techniques – Dose and Scatter Considerations with Monte
Carlo Simulation - L Chen1
*, C Lai2 , T Han3 , X Liu4 , Y Shen5 , T Wang6 , C Shaw7 , UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,
SU-GG-I-110
Study of the Use of Protons and Carbon Ions for Patient Imaging
- J Seco *, S Safai , H Paganetti , GTY Chen , Mass General Hospital; Harvard
Medical School, Boston , MA
SU-GG-I-144
Validation of a Monte Carlo Model of the PET Component of the Gemini
GXL PET/CT - G Lavoie1 *, C Martel2 , P DesprŽs1,2 , F Lacroix1,2 , Y Chen3 , J Carrier1,2 , (1) UniversitŽ de MontrŽal, MontrŽal, QuŽbec, CA, (2)
CHUM - Hopital Notre Dame, MontrŽal, QuŽbec, CA, (3) University of
Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
SU-GG-T-295
Determination of the Dose Equivalent Near Proton Pencil Beams
- B Clasie1 , A Wroe2,3 *, H Kooy1 , H Paganetti1 , J Flanz1 , R Schulte2 , A Rosenfeld3 , (1) Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, MA, (2) Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma
Linda, CA, (3) University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AU
SU-GG-T-313
The Contribution of Nuclear Products On the Lateral Profile of the
Pencil Scanning Proton Beams From the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center Houston
Nozzle: The Halo Effect - G O Sawakuchi*, U Tit, M
Bues, G Ciangaru, R Mohan, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
(note:
abstract only mentions MCNPX, but actual poster includes GEANT4 data as well,
which includes validation of the scanning beam nozzle and studies of the halo
effect)
SU-GG-T-321
Validation Study of the GEANT 4 Monte-Carlo Simulation of the Proton
Dose Distribution From Passively Scattered Proton Beam Nozzles at the Proton
Therapy Center at Houston - X Ding *, N Sahoo ,
X Zhu , J. Yang, B Arjomandy , M Lii , U Titt ,
R Mohan , A Smith , M Gillin , UT MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, TX
SU-GG-T-325
Improved Organ Sparing by Electronic Brachytherapy: A Monte Carlo
Study - J Dingley1 *, V Taranenko1 , (1) Rennselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY
SU-GG-T-327
Simulation of Neutron Equivalent Doses in Proton Therapy as a Function
of Patient''s Age for Different Tumor Sites - B Athar1 *, C Zacharatou Jarlskog2,
H Paganetti1 , (1) Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, MA, (2) Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshopitalet, DK.
SU-GG-T-330
A Feasibility Study of a Monte Carlo Based Dose Verification for a
Therapeutic Proton Beam Delivery System - Jungwook Shin 1*, Jungwon Kwak1 , Dong Wook Kim1 , Dongho Shin1 , Myongguen Yoon1 , Soah Park1 , Young Kyung Lim , Jin Sung Kim1 , Sung Yong Park1 , Kwan Ho Cho , Se Byeong Lee1 (1) National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR
SU-GG-T-333
Neutron Yield and Angular Distribution From the 250 MeV Proton
Interactions in Water: A Geant4 Monte Carlo Study - Y Chen1 *, S Ahmad1 , (1) Department of
Radiation Oncology, Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr., Oklahoma City, OK
73104
SU-GG-T-335
Construction of a Surface-Based 3D Human Model and Monte Carlo Dose
Calculations - C Kim1* , J Jeong1, Y Yeom1 , S Cho1 , K Cho2 , (1) Hanyang University,
Seoul, KR, (2) Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, Daejeon, KR
SU-GG-T-338
Recent Improvements in the Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulation Toolkit for
Medical Physics Applications - J Perl1 *, B Faddegon2 , H Paganetti3 , (1) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo
Park, CA, (2) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (3) Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston, MA
SU-GG-T-340
A Comparison of Geant4 and DPM for 4D Monte Carlo of Lung IMRT
- C Hancox*, J Seco, H Paganetti, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA
SU-GG-T-341
Energy Distributions of Particles Generated for Proton Interactions in
Water: A Simulation with GEANT4 Monte Carlo Code - Y Chen1 *, S Ahmad1 , (1) Dept. of Radiation
Oncology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr., Oklahoma City, OK
SU-GG-T-343
Comparison of MCNP and GEANT4 Monte Carlo Codes On Photo-Neutron
Generation in High Energy X-Ray Beams - H Jiang University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
SU-GG-T-356
Benchmark of Geant4 and MCNPX for Proton Radiation Therapy (E<70
MeV): Total Dose and Secondary Particle Production - M Zhang*, A
Perez-Andujar, A Hecht, T Mackie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SU-GG-T-357
Geant4 Benchmarking for IMRT Dose Calculations - C
Hancox*, J Seco, H Paganetti , Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA
SU-GG-T-362
Intercomparision of Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Codes MCNPX,
GEANT4 and FLUKA for Simulating Proton Radiation Therapy of the Eye
- S Randeniya*1, P Yepes1 , W Newhauser2 , (1) Rice University, Houston,
Texas, (2) MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX, AF
TU-D-AUD
C-8
Experimental Proof and Feasibility of a 3D Real-Time Detector System
for Therapeutic Proton Beams - L Archambault *,
S Beddar , N Sahoo, F Poenisch, M Gillin, R Mohan, UT
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
TU-D-352-3
A Design of Compton Cameras for Imaging Gamma Emission in Proton Therapy
- Y Feng1 *, J. Baciak1 , A. Haghighat1 (1) University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
TH-C-AUD
A-3
A New Approach for Afterloading Brachytherapy Inverse Planned Dose Optimization Based On the Accurate Monte Carlo Method - M D'Amours1 *, J Carrier2 , E Lessard3 , J Pouliot4 , F Verhaegen5 , L Beaulieu1 , (1) Centre Hospitalier Univ de Quebec, Quebec, QC, CA (2) CHUM - Hopital Notre-Dame, Montreal, PQ, CA, (3) Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA, (4) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (5) McGill Univ Health Center , Montreal, QC, CA