Modelling particle transport in the patient:
Dose calculation methods
Implicit, Kernel-based methods:
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Collapsed Cone Convolution Superposition
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Pencil Beam
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Explicit methods:
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stochastic particle transport modelling: Monte Carlo
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deterministic particle transport modelling:
Boltzmann
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