[Calculation of the dose distribution of high-energy electrons within and behind tissue inhomogeneities of any width. II. Influence of multiple scattering (author's transl)].

The algorithn proposed in 1976 to allow for the influences of tissue inhomogeneities in electron beam dose distributions has been improved. A factor adopted from Sternheimer corrects for differences in lateral displacement by multiple scattering within the inhomogeneity resp. the equivalent layer of the homogeneous medium. The algorithm has been tested by direct comparison with Monte Carlo computations for the example of cylindrical cavities in carbon at Eo=10 MeV and resulted in a very close approximation.