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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2026

Applicator-dependent differences between TG-43 and a grid-based Boltzmann solver in iridium-192 high-dose-rate gynecological brachytherapy.

Bojan Pavičar, Andrej Milosavljević, Branko Predojević, Borislava Petrović

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Bojan PavičarFaculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Andrej MilosavljevićRadiotherapy Department, International Medical Centers, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Branko PredojevićFaculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Borislava PetrovićFaculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

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Abstract

Purpose: To compare TG-43 and Acuros Material and methods: This retrospective dosimetric study included 40 patients and 121 treatment plans: tandem and ring (T&R, 34 plans), tandem and ovoid (T&O, 38 plans), segmented cylinder (SC, 23 plans), and universal multi-channel cylinder (UMC, 26 plans). All plans were generated in BrachyVision™ v. 15.6 using the TG-43 formalism and subsequently recalculated with Acuros Results: TG-43 yielded consistently higher dose estimates than Acuros Conclusions: TG-43 systematically overestimated dose relative to Acuros

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Acuros BVapplicator geometrydose calculationdosimetrygynecologic brachytherapyTG-43

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PMCPMC13662469

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