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. 2013 Oct 10;40(11):111907. doi: 10.1118/1.4823795

Table 5.

Comparison of measured and simulated imaging dose for the head AP protocol using a symmetric full-bowtie profile.

  Measurement MCNPX  
Location (mGy/mAs) (mGy/mAs) % Diff.
1 3.69 × 10−02 3.57 × 10−02 −3.25
2 1.09 × 10−01 1.02 × 10−01 −6.42
3 8.99 × 10−03 8.52 × 10−03 −5.23
4 1.53 × 10−02 1.46 × 10−02 −4.58
5 2.22 × 10−02 1.66 × 10−02 −25.23
Average % Diff. (SD)   −8.94 (9.18)