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ESTRO IMRT course 2015
Dose Calculation in Static and Rotational IMRT
Brussels October 8th, 2015
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Dose calculation issues ‚in practice‘:
Dose calculation for lung lesions
Further reading:
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Choice of optimal density inside of PTV for static dose calculation by evaluating
actual 4D-MC-doses; recommendation: raise density in voxels below 0.4 g/cm
3
to
this value:
Sikora et al. 2009 (Radiat. Oncol. 4:64):
Monte Carlo vs. Pencil Beam Based Optimization of Stereotactic Lung IMRT
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related -- highly recommended -- reading: Static (3D-)dose-to-GTV
representative for actual 4D-dose (based on Collapsed Cone dose calculation):
Guckenberger et al. 2007 (IJROBP 69(1)):
Four-Dimensional Treatment Planning For Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy