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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Phys. 2020 Jan 28;47(4):1827–1835. doi: 10.1002/mp.14017

Table IV.

Comparison between nominal and estimated RED values from HU of the reconstructed material inserts slice. Percentage difference is shown inside the parentheses.

Material Nominal RED Estimated RED 2.5 MV Estimated RED 6MV MV Estimated RED 6 MV FFF
Teflon 1.868 1.874 (0.3%) 1.858 (−0.5%) 1.858 (−0.6%)
Delrin 1.363 1.343 (−1.5%) 1.324 (−2.9%) 1.355 (−0.6%)
Bone20 1.084 1.111 (2.5%) 1.094 (0.9%) 1.112 (2.6%)
Acrylic 1.147 1.133 (−1.2%) 1.139 (−0.7%) 1.132 (−1.3%)
Polystyrene 0.998 0.993 (−0.5%) 1.012 (1.4%) 0.994 (−0.4%)
LDPE 0.945 0.944 (−0.1%) 0.977 (3.4%) 0.946 (0.1%)
Bone50 1.312 1.321 (0.7%) 1.329 (1.3%) 1.330 (1.3%)
PMP 0.853 0.848 (−0.6%) 0.853 (0.1%) 0.848 (−0.6%)