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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2014 Nov 4;59(23):N211–N220. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/23/N211

Table 3.

Seven independent output factor measurements as well as the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and the differences between the manufacturer’s accepted Monte Carlo-derived and the results based on the TMR 10 dose algorithm.

Measurement Number Output Factor Manufacturer’s Monte Carlo Accepted Output Factors Average Measured Output Factors Measured Output Factor 95% CI Output Factor Difference
1 4 mm 0.814 0.827 [0.805, 0.849] 1.60%
2 4 mm 0.814 0.827 [0.805, 0.849] 1.60%
3 4 mm 0.814 0.814 [0.768, 0.860] 0.00%
4 4 mm 0.814 0.822 [0.806, 0.838] 0.98%
5 4 mm 0.814 0.799 [0.784, 0.814] −1.84%
6 8 mm 0.900 0.882 [0.874, 0.890] −2.00%
7 8 mm 0.900 0.906 [0.895, 0.917] 0.66%