TABLE IV.
Imaging dose data for the Varian OBI system. Measurements were acquired for the full trajectory Pelvis protocol, full trajectory Thorax protocol, and half trajectory Spotlight protocol.
| Varian OBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelvis | Thorax | Spotlight | |||||
| Additional 4 cm | Nominal | Additional 4 cm | Additional 4 cm | ||||
| Location | Nominal thickness(cGy) | diameter (cGy) | thickness(cGy) | diameter (cGy) | Nominal thickness(cGy) | diameter (cGy) | |
| Interior | Anterior | 2.73 ± 0.11 | 1.91 ± 0.08 | 0.66 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 0.92 ± 0.04 | 0.78 ± 0.03 |
| Posterior | 2.69 ± 0.11 | 2.07 ± 0.08 | 0.66 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 3.27 ± 0.13 | 2.67 ± 0.11 | |
| Left | 1.87 ± 0.08 | 1.42 ± 0.06 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | 1.48 ± 0.06 | 1.10 ± 0.04 | |
| Right | 1.87 ± 0.08 | 1.50 ± 0.06 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.37 ± 0.02 | 1.78 ± 0.07 | 1.56 ± 0.06 | |
| Center | 2.61 ± 0.11 | 1.95 ± 0.08 | 0.72 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 1.88 ± 0.06 | 1.52 ± 0.06 | |
| Surface | Anterior | 2.93 ± 0.12 | 2.46 ± 0.10 | 0.72 ± 0.03 | 0.56 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.02 |
| Posterior | 2.94 ± 0.12 | 2.32 ± 0.09 | 0.71 ± 0.03 | 0.56 ± 0.02 | 3.88 ± 0.16 | 3.21 ± 0.10 | |
| Left | 1.68 ± 0.07 | 1.48 ± 0.09 | 0.40 ± 0.02 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 1.07 ± 0.04 | 0.64 ± 0.02 | |
| Right | 1.60 ± 0.07 | 1.51 ± 0.06 | 0.42 ± 0.02 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 1.79 ± 0.07 | 1.79 ± 0.07 | |