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This study aimed to evaluate the dose calculation accuracy of TiGRT TPS in radiation therapy of MPM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>18 MV photon beams of ONCOR Siemens linear accelerator was simulated using EGSnrc Monte Carlo (MC) code. Data of four patients were used to compare TPS and MC results in different regions included: Open and in-field, under shied and out of field regions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Compared to MC results, the TPS overestimated the pleura dose coverage (90% of prescribed dose) about 3\u201312 mm, and also it overestimated the dose in under the shielded regions of lung (4\u201374%). While the TPS underestimated the dose profile width about 1\u201316 mm in low dose region (&lt;50% prescribed dose) as well as the out of field region dose (4\u2013100%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results showed that TPS underestimated the dose in out of field and overestimated the dose in under the shielded regions. Unlike MC measurements, TPS calculation showed adequate pleural dose coverage. 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