Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018
Monte Carlo - D w
vs D
m
• MC per nature delivers D m • For higher density materials, such as cortical bone, the difference in dose can be as large as 15%
• To use MC simulation in the current clinical practice so as to be able to compare D m with historical D w
results, requires a conversion of D m for dose prescriptions, isodose coverage, dose- volume histograms dose to a small volume of water embedded in the actual medium to D
w
• converted D w
represents the
AAPM TG Report 105
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