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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Radiol Prot. 2022 Jun 28;42(2):10.1088/1361-6498/ac7918. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac7918
Type Uncertainty Source (αi) and Symbol Source of assumed value Evaluation of k=1σαi Evaluation of (SPRαi)
A Curve Fit Error The depth of maximum relative ionization of each sample is assumed to be uniformly distributed between the minimum and maximum ranges predicted by the three different curve-fit models. Therefore, the assumed value is the average of the maximum and minimum proton beam ranges estimated using 3 different curve fit methods. Following the uniform distribution assumption, σαi will then be the standard deviation of the uniform distribution characterized by the maximum and minimum estimated ranges from the three different curve fit models. [Rmin,Rmax] Analytical derivatives of Eq. (1) for αi and σαi for each substance considered in each Geant4 physics list simulation.
A Detector Noise Derived from dose fluctuations in simulations. σnoise = root mean square differences between boxcar-filtered and original depth-ionization curves. Add 1% and 3% Gaussian noise to boxcar-filtered depth ionization curves. Repeat curve fitting to get SPR. Then evaluate SPR(3%noise)SPR(1%noise)(3%1%)