Different “Times”:
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Treatment slots: time from the patient entering the bunker, until leaving the bunker
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Total treatment time: time from the first MV photon hitting the patient until the last photon,
includes gantry rotation without beam
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Beam-on time: time the beam is actually on
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Dose accumulation pattern: the way a tissue volume is accumulating dose from primary
beam during treatment
Biological efficiency loss