IMRT Course 2016

courtesy M. Alber

Special issues for Rotational IMRT: Discretized Arc vs. Continuous Arc Dose Calculation

Most algorithms calculate the dose of an Arc as sum of segment dose contributions from discrete beam angles

Monte Carlo: Beam angle can be treated as additional random variable! → simulation of the rotating, dynamically modulated beam without discretization of the motion

Pinnacle SmartArc treatment plan, recomputed with Monte Carlo

ESTRO IMRT course 2016 Dose Calculation in Static and Rotational IMRT London April 7th, 2016

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