30 Evaluation of Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm in metallic implants

Introduction. The metallic fixations affect negatively the treatment planning of radiation therapy by causing difficulties to delineate the target volume and reducing the patient absorbed dose calculation accuracy. Acuros XB (AXB) discretizes deterministically the angle, energy and space variables into grids and iteratively solves the linear Boltzmann transport equation (LBTE). The aim of this work was to evaluate Acuros XB (AXB) in presence of metallic elements, such as hip prosthesis and dental implants.
Source: Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research