Attention
Authors and Funding#
TOPAS Software and Documentation#
The TOPAS Collaboration#
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(PI) Bruce Faddegon (2018-2024) |
(PI) Harald Paganetti (2009-2016) |
José Ramos-Méndez |
Jan Schuemann |
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Jorge Naoki Dominguez Kondo |
Alejandro Bertolet |
Thongchai A. M. Masilela |
Isaac Meyer |
Ramon Ortiz Catalan |
Wook-Geun Shin |
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Victor V. Onecha |
Former TOPAS Developers#
TOPAS Collaborators and Contributors#
Key External Collaborators#
Japan PTSIM Collaboration (Nagaoka University, KEK, Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, Etc.)
India FPGA Collaboration (C-DAC, OHSL, SAMEER, TMC, AIIMS)
Laval University (L Bellevue et al.)
Critically import: OUR USERS. Your feedback and contributions are imperative to our success!
Funding Sources#
Previous versions of TOPAS received funding from both an NIH R01 research project grant, and an ITCR U24 grant. Further information about each grant can be found below:
TOPAS R01 2009-2013 for proton therapy: “PBEAM: Fast and Easy Monte Carlo System for Proton Therapy, National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 CA140735,” Harald Paganetti (PI, MGH)
TOPAS R01 renewal 2013-2016, for organ and cellular-effect biology (NIH) R01 CA140735. Harald Paganetti (PI, MGH)
TOPAS ITCR U24 2018-2024 for further development and sustainment: “The TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation, a Monte Carlo Simulation Tool for Physics, Biology and Clinical Research” NIH U24 CA215123, Bruce Faddegon (PI, UCSF)
Future funding for the TOPAS project will be reflected here and in the News section of our website.
Copyright Notice#
Copyright © 2022, 2024, 2025 The TOPAS Collaboration.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.