Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

Commissioning: TPS

• Establish dose calc methods – imaging slice thickness, dummy marker usage, step size, optimization type and parameter ranges

• Compare TPS TG-43 dosimetry parameters to reference dataset or publication(s)

• Compare TPS dose calcs to TG-43 hand calcs – devise independent (secondary) dose calculation method – MBDCA covered on Day 1

• Commission source over required radii and polar angles