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Point Kernel methods consist of two steps:
1. Trace the primary beam through the patient and
calculate
how much, and where, the beam
have “lost” energy
in the patient
2. Redistribute (spread/blur/diffuse…)
that
energy into patient absorbed dose
by means of
point kernels
that describes the transport and
energy absorption of the secondary particles set
into motion via primary photon interactions