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Learning objectives for the pencil kernel lecture
• To understand the concept of pencil kernel based dose calculations
• To know how pencil kernels can be determined for a beam
• To learn about common pencil kernel parameterizations
• To learn about calculation techniques from kernel&fluence to dose.
• To understand the most important approximations and limitations