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As planning algorithms become increasingly accurate, quality assurance tests need to become more sophisticated to uncover discrepancies between reality and calculations which may only present themselves in complex geometrical situations (inhomogeneities etc.). Gel dosimetry and Monte Carlo simulations are capable of providing detailed dose information for comparison where more conventional dosimetry has limitations. In this work we aim to use both Monte Carlo calculations and polymer gel dosimetry to compare with results from a treatment planning system. A variety of gel phantoms were constructed to test the performance of calculations in different situation such as homogeneous and inhomogeneous phantoms.
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Love, P.A., Lewis, D.G., Smith, C.W. (2000). Analyzing dose distributions from a treatment planning system, Monte Carlo simulations and polymer gel measurements. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T. (eds) The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59758-9_146
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