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. 2011 Apr 6;12(3):80–89. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i3.3432

Table 2.

Percentage differences of dose per MU for three different geometrical setups and three X‐ray tube kVp settings calculated with respect to the standard CT volume S3 (Setup 3 at 120 kVp) for two megavoltage photon beams using modified Batho and AAA dose calculation methods.

Setup 1 Setup 2 Setup 3
Points 80 kVp 120 kVp 140 kVp 80 kVp 120 kVp 140 kVp 80 kVp 140 kVp
4 MV ‐ Mod. Batho
1 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
0.4%
0.0% 0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
3 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
0.1%
0.2% 1.3% 0.0%
0.1%
4
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.6%
0.1% 0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.6%
0.0% 0.6%
1.0%
0.1%
4 MV – AAA
1
0.3%
0.0% 0.0%
0.2%
0.0% 0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2
0.4%
0.0% 0.1%
0.8%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
3
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1% 0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
4
0.7%
0.0% 0.1%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0% 0.0%
5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
18 MV ‐ Mod. Batho
1
0.1%
0.0% 0.0%
1.0%
0.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
3 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
1.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
4
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.9%
0.0%
18 MV – AAA
1
0.1%
0.0% 0.0%
0.8%
0.0% 0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2
0.2%
0.0% 0.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
3
0.1%
0.0% 0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
4
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0% 0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1.3%
0.0% 0.0%
0.4%
0.0%