Proton therapy is used for cancer tumor treatment. What software are used and which is best?? are there any free software?
In the United States, any software used to treat patients must be reviewed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration before it can be used to plan fields and calculate doses and/or control beam parameters. So no, I doubt there is any free software available.
http://www.vinca.rs/~rasa/hopa.htm
All SRNA versions including CT Data and voxels
The newest form of proton therapy, pencil beam scanning, delivers therapy by sweeping a proton beam laterally over the target so that it delivers the required dose while closely conforming to shape of the targeted tumor. Prior to the use of pencil beam scanning, oncologists used a scattering method to direct a wide beam toward the tumor
NIST PSTAR is a program calculating stopping power and range tables for protons in various materials. The link is given as follows;
https://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Star/Text/PSTAR.html
For particle tracking and interaction with mater, The GIANT4 monte carlo code is the best one.
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