TABLE 3.
The full‐width half‐maximum (mm) and penumbra for 16‐mm scans shown in Figure 3; the delta column shows the difference between TMR TPS values and the measured values. Tolerance from TG‐178 is ±1 mm of TPS values; Action level is ±1.2 mm of TPS values 1
| Film | Microdiamond | W2 scintillator | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collimation: 16 mm | TMR 10 TPS values | Msmt (mm) | (mm) | Msmt (mm) | (mm) | Msmt (mm) | (mm) | |
| FWHM | x profile | 21.75 | 21.4 (21.6) a | −0.35 | 21.73 (11.1) a | −0.02 | 21.71 | −0.01 |
| y profile | 21.75 | 21.46 (21.5) a | −0.29 | 21.77 (11.1) a | 0.02 | 21.58 | −0.06 | |
| z profile | 17.44 | 17.43 (17.3) a | −0.01 | 17.44 (9.7) a | 0.00 | 17.46 | −0.02 | |
| Penumbra | x profile | 9.03 | 8.96 (9) a | −0.07 | 9.00 (4.1) a | −0.03 | 8.91 | −0.12 |
| y profile | 9.03 | 9.21 (8.6) a | 0.18 | 9.09 (4.2) a | 0.06 | 9.07 | 0.04 | |
| z profile | 2.55 | 2.62 (2.6) a | 0.07 | 2.52 (2.4) a | −0.03 | 2.76 | 0.21 | |
Abbreviations: FWHM, full‐width, half‐maximum; TPS, treatment planning systems; Msmt, measured values (Msmt).
Data shown in parentheses are from Maraghechi et al.15, included for comparison.