Table 2.

Uncertainty analysis for MC simulations used in this study

	Type A	Type B
Statistical variation in absorbed dose determination from repeated MC simulation runs	1%
Variations of the source geometry from one source to another in manufacturing process24		0.5%
Uncertainty in cross‐section library data for Ir‐19244		0.5%
Effect of volume averaging on absorbed dose calculation in sensitive volumes45		0.1%
Uncertainty in composition of tissues used during source tracking simulations46, a		2%
Total TG‐43 simulation uncertainty		1.2%
Total source tracking simulation uncertainty		2.3%

^aApplies to source tracking simulations only.