Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018

De Jäger Radiother Oncol 2003

Clinical Impact - Conversion • PB Algorithm is not able to account for the electron transport in lung tissue → underestimate penumbra width and overestimate dose to the lung • Dosimetric parameters for lung injury (like the MLD and V20) calculated with the two algorithms, are strongly correlated thus allowing a straightforward conversion of these parameters.