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Monte Carlo based models
Transport
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MC-models transports particles
generally
in the medium and
interaction is determined from the actual medium
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EGSnrc, GEANT, Penelope…
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Patient model can be “fooled” to be water by varying density by
changing look-up tables!
Deposit
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Energy deposit in each voxel is based on the medium
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This can be converted to dose in water
We have and/or and/or
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In commercial system these choices are probably not available
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