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(a) Peripheral dose profiles on 32 cm CTDI phantom for three different radiation beam widths using the same nominal (28.8 mm) collimation and the same helical pitch (1.5). (b) Same as (a) but with pitch 1.0. As beam width increases, new peaks occur where there is overlap of primary beams.