Table 2 Performance results of three different MC verification cases in CloudMC. For each case, the results of two simulations with different number of histories are presented
From: Monte Carlo verification of radiotherapy treatments with CloudMC
Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MC programs | Geant4 + PenEasy | BEAMnrc + PenEasy | PenEasy_PRIMO | |||
LINAC | ONCOR | PRIMUS | CLINAC 2300 | |||
RT treatment | H&N mArc | Prostate static IMRT | Lung SBRT | |||
Simulation # | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Number of Workers | 200 | 400 | 200 | 400 | 200 | 400 |
1st Worker SUT | 8.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
Last Worker SUT | 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 11.5 |
Workers mean time | 6.8 ± 0.9 | 12.0 ± 1.9 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 5.5 ± 1.4 | 7.7 ± 0.4 | 11.4 ± 0.8 |
Reducer merge time | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 8.3 |
Reducer upload time | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.25 |
Total simulation time | 21.1 | 28.3 | 14.5 | 20.2 | 23.2 | 33.4 |
Uncertainty (k = 2) | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 1.4% | 3.8% | 1.9% |
Estimated cost (€) | 4.3 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 13.6 |