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TPS performance related to penumbra modelling (beam source modelling and lateral electron transport effects)

Type of calculation model

Homogeneous water medium

Heterogeneous medium

Factor-based

Limited performance

Pencil kernel (PB)

Dependant on beam source model

Lateral electron transport effects mostly ignored Lateral electron transport effects approximately acounted for Lateral electron transport effects explicitly acounted for

Point kernel (conv/sup, CC, AAA)

Dependant on beam source model

Monte Carlo

Dependant on beam source model

Adapted from Anders Ahnesjö

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