Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection 2022 Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages: 78-83
https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP2201078Z
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Absorbed dose distribution in human eye simulated by FOTELP-VOX code and verified by volumetric modulated arc therapy treatment plan
Živković Milena P. 
(Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia)
Miladinović Tatjana B. (Institute for Information Technologies, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia)
Miladinović Aleksandar M. (Medical Physics Department, University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia)
Molnar Una J. (Centre for Radiology, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Krstić Dragana Ž. (Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia), dragana.krstic@pmf.kg.ac.rs
This paper illustrates the potential of the FOTELP-VOX code, a modification
of the general-purpose FOTELP code, combining Monte Carlo techniques to
simulate particle transportation from an external source through the
internal organs, resulting in a 3-D absorbed dose distribution. The study
shows the comparison of results obtained by FOTELP software and the
volumetric modulated arc therapy technique. This planning technique with two
full arcs was applied, and the plan was created to destroy the diseased
tissue in the eye tumor bed and avoid damage to surrounding healthy tissue,
for one patient. The dose coverage, homogeneity index, conformity index of
the target, and the dose volumes of critical structures were calculated.
Good agreement of the results for absorbed dose in the human eye was
obtained using these two techniques.
Keywords: ocular cancer, FOTELP-VOX code, absorbed dose, volumetric modulated arc therapy
Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 451-03-68/2022-14/200122 and Grant no. 451-03-68/ 2022-14/200378
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