Thoroughly updated throughout, this second edition of Monte Carlo Techniques in Radiation Therapy: Applications to Dosimetry, Imaging, Preclinical radiotherapy, edited by Joao Seco and Frank Verhaegen, explores the use of Monte Carlo methods for modelling various features of international and external radiation sources.

1. Applications of Monte Carlo to Ionization Chamber Dosimetry in External Photon Beams. 2. Monte Carlo calculations for proton and ion beam dosimetry. 3. Monte Carlo for Megavoltage Imaging. 4. Monte Carlo Studies of Prompt Gamma Emission. 5. Recent developments in proton imaging. 6. Monte Carlo for Cone Beam CT imaging. 7. Monte Carlo calculations for PET-based treatment verification of ion beam therapy. 8. Monte Carlo Modelling in small animal photon radiotherapy. 9. Monte Carlo Modelling of Proton Beams for Small Animal Irradiation. 10. Monte Carlo Studies for Microbeam Radiation Therapy. 11. Monte Carlo in micro and nano-dosimetry. 12. Monte Carlo Modeling in Magnetic Fields. 13. Geant4-DNA modeling of radiation effects in biological systems. 14. GPU-Based Fast Monte Carlo Simulations for Radiotherapy. 15. Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Radionuclide Therapy. 16. Monte Carlo for Shielding of Radiotherapy Facilities.