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dose calculations in low density tissue
algorithms do/did not take in account electron transport – local
dose in lung tissue overestimated by 10 – 20%.,
EPL overestimates dose at the lung border:
TD50= 29.1 Gy, not 34 Gy; 3D convolution methods work better;
(Monte-Carlo better still)
(
De Jaeger et al 2003)
(Aarup et al 2009)