

Oncentra/Monaco – Pencil beam and Collapsed
Cone Convolution
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Patient tissue distribution is represented by a 3D density matrix where the
properties in each voxel are either derived from pixel values in a CT image
or from user specified values of mass or electron density.
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It is assumed that the specified density values correspond to tissue material
of “standard” compositions (see ICRP 23 and ICRU 44).
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The Hounsfield number assigned to each standard tissue is mapped from
the calculated electron density using relations given by Knöös et al [38].
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…for charged particle equilibrium conditions CC calculates dose to medium
while PK calculates dose to a large water cavity in medium. Both algorithms
consider attenuation of the beam as per medium
thus;
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Pencil kernel and for point kernel
Dublin 2018
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Previously TMS-Helax, Oncentra MasterPlan