ESTRO course Dose Modelling and Verification 2017

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Programme structure

 Introduction

o Basic concepts o Convolution/superposition

 Input data

o Linac head design o Multisource models o Patient characterisation and phantoms

 Modelling 1

o Point kernels and pencil kernels o Grid based approaches o Relative dose away from reference conditions  Verification 1 o Detectors for measurement; The best detector for different jobs. o Uncertainties in our measurements

Warsaw 2017