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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2013 Jan 21;58(4):887–902. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/887

Table 3.

Maximum variation from the nominal R90 and R80 range in mm, RiRnom, and the maximum percent difference from the nominal range, (RiRnom)/Rnom × 100% for each patient considered where Ri is the range of the beams simulated with increased/decreased tissue I-values.

Prostate Patient
Pancreas Patient
Liver Patient
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 Field 4 Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 Field 1 Field 2
R90 Max Difference (mm) 4.4 −3.5 −4.2 −4.1 −5.3 −4.6 7.7 3.4 3.7
R90 % of Range (%) 1.7% −1.4% −1.7% −1.6% −2.1% 1.7% 4.4% 2.5% 3.2%

R80 Max Difference (mm) −3.4 −3.7 −3.8 −3.5 −4.1 −4.8 4.2 1.6 1.4
R80 % of Range (%) −1.3% −1.5% −1.5% −1.4% −1.6% −1.9% −1.4% 1.2% 1.2%