Table 1. Simulated Truebeam® multi-leaf collimator (TB MLC) with different parameters from the Halcyon™ dual-layer MLC. The parameters inside the bracket are simulated hypothetical MLC parameters, including leaf width, dosimetric leaf gap (DLG), leaf speed, and transmission. Values used here were based on pre-clinical system and might be different from clinical system.
Leaf Width | DLG | Leaf Speed | Transmission | |
TB MLC DLG Matched | 0.5 cm | (0.01 mm) | 2.5 cm/s | 1.5% |
TB MLC Leaf Speed Matched | 0.5 cm | 0.13 mm | (5.0 cm/s) | 1.5% |
TB MLC Transmission Matched | 0.5 cm | 0.13 mm | 2.5 cm/s | (0.7%) |
TB MLC All 3 Matched | 0.5 cm | (0.01 mm) | (5.0 cm/s) | (0.7%) |
Halcyon Dual-Layer MLC | 1.0 cm | 0.01 mm | 5.0 cm/s | 0.7% |