Table 2.
Matched beam parameters for linacs 1 to 9. Profiles assessed for a 30 × 30 cm2 field at 10 cm depth in the in‐plane (IP) and cross‐plane (XP) directions. PDDs are taken for a 10 × 10 cm2 field at either 100 or 90 cm SSD for beam quality matching
| Linac | Flatness (%) | Symmetry (%) | Quality (90 SSD) | Quality (100 SSD) | Output | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Model | IP | XP | IP | XP | PDD20,10 | TPR20,10 | PDD20,10 | TPR20,10 | (cGy/MU) |
| 1 | VersaHD | 103.8 | 104.4 | 100.3 | 100.8 | 0.574 | 0.666 | 0.996 | ||
| 2 | Synergy | 103.9 | 104.0 | 100.1 | 100.1 | 0.588 | 0.684 | 1.003 | ||
| 3 | VersaHD | 104.8 | 104.4 | 101.1 | 100.6 | 0.574 | 0.669 | 0.998 | ||
| 4 | VersaHD | 103.8 | 103.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.573 | 0.665 | 0.996 | ||
| 5 | Synergy | 104.3 | 104.5 | 100.7 | 100.8 | 0.585 | 0.682 | 1.005 | ||
| 6 | VersaHD | 105.1 | 104.9 | 100.9 | 100.7 | 0.576 | 0.669 | 0.589 | 0.687 | 0.995 |
| 7 | Synergy | 104.0 | 103.8 | 100.8 | 100.7 | 0.588 | 0.685 | 1.000 | ||
| 8 | Synergy | 104.1 | 103.9 | 100.7 | 100.1 | 0.587 | 0.684 | 1.005 | ||
| 9 | VersaHD | 104.0 | 103.9 | 100.3 | 100.4 | 0.572 | 0.665 | 1.000 | ||
| Standard deviation | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.004 | |
| Baseline | 104.8 | 104.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.574 | 0.669 | 0.588 | 0.685 | 1.000 | |
TPR: tissue phantom ratio.