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Table 4 Comparison of VOI doses and gamma passing rates for all ten cases (Case 1–3 are phantom cases, 4–10 are clinical cases). Gamma analysis performed using 2% (global) / 1 mm criteria with a 10% dose threshold

From: Benchmarking Monte-Carlo dose calculation for MLC CyberKnife treatments

Case number

PTV mean dose IDC [Gy]

PTV mean dose Precision MC [Gy]

PTV mean dose change (IDC – Precision MC) / Precision MC [%]

Lung V20 IDC [%]

Lung V20 Precision MC [%]

Lung V20 change (IDC – Precision MC) / Precision MC [%]

Gamma passing rate [%]

1

39.1

39.1

0.0

   

96.2

1 FSPB

 

43.1

−9.3

   

36.2

2

36.8

37.1

−0.8

   

99.9

3

38.3

38.7

−1.0

   

99.9

4

56.4

55.6

1.4

11.9

11.7

1.5

99.6

5

54.0

54.2

−0.4

7.5

7.7

−1.5

98.1

6

58.7

58.7

0.0

2.9

2.9

0.0

99.7

7

56.4

55.1

2.3

1.0

1.0

0.0

99.4

8

66.9

67.6

−1.0

2.3

2.3

0.9

98.2

9

55.7

55.5

0.4

6.7

6.7

0.3

99.0

10

56.2

55.7

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.0

99.6