ESTRO course Dose Modelling and Verification 2017

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Density vs Hounsfield Number
 Lost the
dependence of
high Z for bone
 Medium not
dense enough
 Too low dose
 Most significant
for phantoms i.e.
IMRT QA
o -5% Knöös et al RO 1986
Found during audit
Warsaw 2017
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