Table 2 Overall uncertainty of film dosimetry protocol using single channel analysis for MRT implemented in this work.

From: Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation for Microbeam Radiation Therapy on the Imaging and Medical Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron

Source

Type A

Type B

Film Scan Uniformity

3.6

 

Microscope Light Influence

1.3

 

Positioning Reproducibility

0.4

 

Signal Growth*

 

2.1

Sheet Uniformity

0.6

 

Reproducibility

2.7

 

Combined Standard Uncertainty in Pixel Value (%)

5.2

Expanded Uncertainty in Pixel Value (%)

10.4**

  1. *Signal growth error based off a development time of (24 ± 2) hours. **Expanded uncertainty based on the standard uncertainty multiplied by a coverage factor of k = 2, providing a coverage probability of approximately 95%.
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