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Dose per MU formalisms: factor-based dose calculations

Isocentric formalism: dose per meterset NOT at isocentre (on CAX)

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d SSD

SAD

d s TPR

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SSD dsD

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Scaling energy fluence from

that at isocentre to that at the

calculation point not at SAD

On the assumption that phantom

scatter ratios are independent of

SSD

The field size used is that at the

calculation point