Computer-implemented method for
dose estimation for the
irradiation of an object (5) with
ionizing radiation, wherein a three-dimensional model with a total number (9) of spatial elements is provided on a storage element (4), wherein the model specifies a material composition of the object (5) for each spatial element, and by means of a computing unit (3) - for a connected neighborhood (10) of spatial elements of the total number (9) of spatial elements, depending on the respective material compositions of all spatial elements of the neighborhood of the model, a neighborhood material composition is determined by averaging or homogeneously approximating one or more material parameters of the respective material compositions; - a
radiation dose for the neighborhood (10) with respect to
ionizing radiation is determined by means of a
simulation depending on the neighborhood material composition; and - a
dose distribution for the object (5) with respect to
ionizing radiation is determined based on the
radiation dose for the neighborhood (10).