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Monte Carlo and analytic simulations in nanoparticle-enhanced radiation therapy

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, September 2016
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Title
Monte Carlo and analytic simulations in nanoparticle-enhanced radiation therapy
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International Journal of Nanomedicine, September 2016
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s114025
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Autumn D Paro, Mainul Hossain, Thomas J Webster, Ming Su

Abstract

Analytical and Monte Carlo simulations have been used to predict dose enhancement factors in nanoparticle-enhanced X-ray radiation therapy. Both simulations predict an increase in dose enhancement in the presence of nanoparticles, but the two methods predict different levels of enhancement over the studied energy, nanoparticle materials, and concentration regime for several reasons. The Monte Carlo simulation calculates energy deposited by electrons and photons, while the analytical one only calculates energy deposited by source photons and photoelectrons; the Monte Carlo simulation accounts for electron-hole recombination, while the analytical one does not; and the Monte Carlo simulation randomly samples photon or electron path and accounts for particle interactions, while the analytical simulation assumes a linear trajectory. This study demonstrates that the Monte Carlo simulation will be a better choice to evaluate dose enhancement with nanoparticles in radiation therapy.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 4 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 50%
Lecturer 1 25%
Unknown 1 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 2 50%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 25%
Unknown 1 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2016.
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#14,915,133
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#1,586
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#189,362
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#38
of 128 outputs
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