Table 2.
Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between gamma passing rates and Sl–h
| Metric | 2%/2 mm |
1%/2 mm |
2%/1 mm |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rs | p-value | rs | p-value | rs | p-value | |
| Global gamma passing rates | ||||||
| S0–0.4 | 0.479 | 0.002 | 0.674 | <0.001 | 0.301 | 0.059 |
| S0.4–0.8 | −0.458 | 0.003 | −0.644 | <0.001 | −0.258 | 0.108 |
| S0.8–1.2 | −0.511 | 0.001 | −0.690 | <0.001 | −0.338 | 0.033 |
| S1.2–1.6 | −0.489 | 0.001 | −0.698 | <0.001 | −0.319 | 0.045 |
| S1.6–2.0 | −0.471 | 0.002 | −0.662 | <0.001 | −0.283 | 0.076 |
| Mean speed | −0.470 | 0.002 | −0.674 | <0.001 | −0.283 | 0.077 |
| SD speed | −0.417 | 0.007 | −0.611 | <0.001 | −0.220 | 0.172 |
| Local gamma passing rates | ||||||
| S0–0.4 | 0.540 | <0.001 | 0.584 | <0.001 | 0.522 | 0.001 |
| S0.4–0.8 | −0.489 | 0.001 | −0.554 | <0.001 | −0.404 | 0.010 |
| S0.8–1.2 | −0.526 | <0.001 | −0.559 | <0.001 | −0.512 | 0.001 |
| S1.2–1.6 | −0.508 | 0.001 | −0.546 | <0.001 | −0.489 | 0.001 |
| S1.6–2.0 | −0.498 | 0.001 | −0.553 | <0.001 | −0.491 | 0.001 |
| Mean speed | −0.536 | <0.001 | −0.579 | <0.001 | −0.515 | 0.001 |
| SD speed | −0.420 | 0.007 | −0.475 | 0.002 | −0.413 | 0.008 |
rs, Spearman's rho; SD, standard deviation; Sl–h, the proportion of number of control points with multileaf collimator speeds ranging from l to h cm s−2.