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History
❑ 1st Teaching course dedicated to Physicists ONLY
o initiated by H. Svensson and A. Dutreix after an
ESTRO workshop on “MU calculation and
verification for therapy machines” in 1995 in
Gardone Riviera (Italy) during the 3rd ESTRO
biennial physics
❑ The first courses held from 1998
o Mainly on ”Monitor Unit Calculations” which
mainly covered factor based models for dose
calculation (ESTRO booklet #3 and #6)
o Since 2002 a much broader physics (“dose
determination and verification”)
❑ From 1998 to 2018, the course has been given 20 times
(including this week) and about 1700 physicists have
participated so far.
Dublin 2018
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