Table 1.
Disk rotation frequency () and pulse duration () for multiple supplied voltages as well as respective pulsed dose rates (PDRs) and doses per pulse (DPPs) for mean dose rates (MDRs) of 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 Gy/min.
| MDR = 2.0 Gy/min |
MDR = 2.5 Gy/min |
MDR = 3.0 Gy/min |
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| Power supply voltage (V) | (rpm) | (s) | Beam opening time per minute (ms) | PDR (Gy/s) | DPP (mGy) | PDR (Gy/s) | DPP (mGy) | PDR (Gy/s) | DPP (mGy) |
| 8 | 57.1 | 3.3 x 10−3 | 186.5 | 10.7 | 35.0 | 13.4 | 43.8 | 16.1 | 52.5 |
| 10 | 95.0 | 2.0 x 10−3 | 192.8 | 10.4 | 21.1 | 13.0 | 26.3 | 15.6 | 31.6 |
| 12 | 132.9 | 1.4 x 10−3 | 181.9 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 22.6 |
| 14 | 167.6 | 1.1 x 10−3 | 190.9 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 17.9 |
| 16 | 199.9 | 9.0 x 10−4 | 182.2 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 15.0 |
| 18 | 234.6 | 8.0 x 10−4 | 188.1 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 12.8 |
| 20 | 266.7 | 7.0 x 10−4 | 184.9 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 16.2 | 11.3 |
| 22 | 300.7 | 6.0 x 10−4 | 173.6 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 17.3 | 10.0 |
| Mean | 185.1 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 16.2 | |||||
| SD | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||||