Mean difference

Range

Set Default

0.84% ± 0.15%

-3.63% to 8.43%

Set 1

1.08% ± 0.15%

-2.60% to 9.46%

Set 2

0.35% ± 0.32%

-6.63% to 6.66%

Set 3

0.21% ± 0.17%

-6.11% to 8.83%

Set 4

0.25% ± 0.24%

-5.40% to 4.03%

Set 5

0.57% ± 0.40%

6.16% to 5.72%

Set 6

0.15% ± 0.13%

-2.02% to 1.96%

Table 4: Mean difference between measured and calculated attenuation of treatment couch, its standard uncertainty and its range. The mean difference was calculated for both photon energies and both positions of rails.