In SBRT for lung tumors, does Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm versus AAA dose calculation give a better representation of lung target dose and normal tissue dose?
In SBRT, it has been said that Pencil Beam dose calculation algorithm can overestimate the target dose and understimate the normal tissue dose. AAA gives a better representation of complex tissue heterogeneity.
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I am not a physicist, and they are much better suited to answering this question than I am, but I like physics and I'm willing to take a stab at it.
Monte Carlo is the gold standard for dose calculation. There is nothing better aside from other Monte Carlo alogrithms. When I first heard...
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