Considerations of MCNP Monte Carlo code to be used as a radiotherapy treatment planning tool

The present work has simulated the photon and electron transport in a Theratron 780reg (MDS Nordion) 60Co radiotherapy unit, using the Monte Carlo transport code, MCNP (Monte Carlo N-Particle). This project explains mainly the different methodologies carried out to speedup calculations in order to apply this code efficiently in radiotherapy treatment planning

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