NHSE Software Catalog

PEREGRINE - Medical Applications of Monte Carlo Methods

abstract

The Physics and Space Technology Directorate of LLNL is developing a
Monte Carlo all-particle transport code, PEREGRINE, for calculating the
dose deposition in patients receiving radiation therapy. PEREGRINE
simulates the transport of neutrons, photons, electrons, and protons through
a patient using a geometry derived from a computed tomography (CT) scan
that is made prior to treatment. PEREGRINE will help oncologists choose a
treatment that maximizes the radiation dose to the tumor and minimizes the
dose to normal tissues.

description

http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/meiko/apps/rathkopf/rathkopf.html

contact

Jim Rathkopf / rathkopf@llnl.gov

keywords

simulation; radiation transfer; application program

publication-date

04 October 1994

method

Monte Carlo analysis

application

radiation therapy, radiation transport