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. 2013 May 6;14(2):172–185. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i2.4136

Table 2.

Summary of the Pinnacle3 model parameters, with the parameters of the MLCi model for comparison.

Parameter a Agility Value MLCi Value
Source A‐B dimension (cm) 0.01 0.01
Source G‐T dimension (cm) 0.01 0.01
Gaussian height (cm) 0.04 0.05
Gaussian width (cm) 1.0 1.0
Off‐axis softening factor 10.48 10.76
X b ‐collimator transmission (%) 1.5 c 9.5
Y b ‐collimator transmission (%) 1.5 0.1
MLC transmission (%) 0.5 0.1
Leaf tip radius (cm) 17.0 15.0
Tongue‐and‐groove width (cm) 0.1 0.175
Interleaf leakage transmission (%) 0.2 3.0
Maximum gantry speed (°s1) 5.5 5.5
Maximum collimator speed (cms1) 8.5 1.5
Maximum MLC leaf speed (cms1) 3.0 2.0
a

The reader is referred to Starkschall et al.( 5 ) for a description of the parameters.

b

IEC61217 convention.

c

Not applicable in practice, as the Agility head does not have X‐collimators.