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Limitations of TG-43 based Dose Calculation or 2D versus 3D Dose Calculation

Sensitivity of Anatomic Sites to Dosimetric Limitations of Current Planning Systems

photon energy

absorbed dose

beta/kerma dose

anatomic site

attenuation shielding scattering

high low

prostate

XXX

XXX

XXX

High

X

XXX

breast

low

XXX

XXX

XXX

high

XXX

GYN

low

XXX

XXX

high

XXX

XXX

skin

low

XXX

XXX

XXX

high

XXX

XXX

lung

low

XXX

XXX

XXX

high

XXX

penis

low

XXX

XXX

high

XXX

XXX

XXX

eye

low

XXX

XXX

XXX

XXX

Rivard, Venselaar, Beaulieu, Med Phys 36, 2136-2153 (2009)