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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Apr 30;68(5):1402–1409. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.037

Table 2.

Comparison of monitor units required to deliver plans with conventional (Std) and IMRT techniques.

Monitor Units
Patient IMRT Std % Increase
1 300 218 37.6
2 249 175 42.3
3 270 214 26.2
4 268 179 49.7
5 369 277 33.2
6 233+238 165+169 41.2 + 40.8
7 269 205 31.2
8 339 252 34.5
9 245+247 168+185 45.8 + 33.5
10 306 243 25.9
11 241 173 39.3