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Dose per MU formalisms:

factor-based dose calculations

(

)

(

)

[

]

; ,

; ,

SSD d cD d SSD dsD

+

)(

ref

ref

ref

d

s

factor

M

M

ref

=

dosimetric quantities to account for all differences

from

the reference irradiation geometry in terms of:

• distance from source (

~

inverse square law)

• field size and depth (

~

scatter dose in medium)

• modulation (

~

beam intensity)

• attenuators in the beam path

• position off axis

• heterogeneities