Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

The method

)( ) ,( 

➢ if we define a spectral weighting factor: f(E) so that:

r

E

=  Ef r , ) (

= dEEf

1 ) (

E

P 

 

gpq

,

ˆ

rg

rg gt



, )ˆ,( 

1 4 = + =  + , )ˆ,( p g scat q 

(

)

)1(

pr r

l

G 

  =

m

q

rg scat

)( rg gls  −

r gml

)( Y

)ˆ,( , =

) ,(

)2(

' ,,

' , ,

l

Our equations become:

l

1' l m g =

0

−=

' gE rg gls  − =  )( gE 

gE −

1 1'

' )' ( ) dEdE EfE Erls

,(,

→

)3(

' ,, −

gE

gE −

gE −

1

1

r gml

dEEf r

r   

l YEf

)4( dE d m

)(

 =

) ( )( =

)ˆ,(

) (

' )ˆ(





ml

, ,

,

E

4

g

gE

gE −

1

rgt

) ( dEEfErt

)( , =

) ,(

)5(

gE

➢ All that is left then is to discretize direction and space and solve iteratively!

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