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Monte Carlo: summary
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!Monte Carlo based TPS not clinically available for brachytherapy yet!
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MC is the gold standard for single source dosimetry in brachytherapy (TG-43
data)
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Several public domain codes are available that have been extensively
benchmarked, and ample literature/experience/recommendations are available
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Type B uncertainties associated with MC results for single source dosimetry are
(mainly) user-related
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MC is inherently associated with a level of type A uncertainty
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MC is also used:
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to support source calibration,
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to correct experimental dosimetry results,
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to provide input data to other classes of dose calculation algorithms
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to provide reference dose distributions for the verification of TPS results