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. 2014 Feb 24;41(3):031908. doi: 10.1118/1.4865788

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