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. 2013 Feb;86(1022):20120466. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20120466

Table 3.

Pre-treatment verification data for VMAT and IMRT (left). The percentage of measured points with a γ-index of <1 with 3% dose difference and 3-mm distance to agreement was used. Number of monitor units are listed for VMAT and IMRT (right)

Patient γ-test Number of monitor units
VMAT (%) IMRT (%) VMAT IMRT
1 100 100 1906 1362
2 93.4 100 1709 1510
3 100 100 2064 1310
4 88.5 100 2006 1401
5 100 99.0 1859 1167

IMRT, intensity modulated radiotherapy; VMAT, volumetric modulated arc therapy.