Simulation of the Proton Therapy Gantry at the Oncoray Dresden

Monte Carlo simulations are significantly important in radiation therapy, because the patient cannot be used for experiments. Monte Carlo codes simulate precisely experimental conditions and save beam time. They can be used for a prediction of the delivered dose distribution to the patient, for studying proton beam physics, for designing the treatment head and quality ensurance. The available general purpose Monte Carlo software on the market have been overly complex for the most clinical medical physics. This book studies a new, more user friendly and still flexible, Monte Carlo software named TOPAS and shows its performance in constructing, simulating and scoring of clinical settings.