TABLE 1

Number of Histories Required to Achieve Convergence of Survival Curves

Electron energy (keV)No. of histories (×106)Dself (Gy)Dcross (Gy)DN (Gy)*
101,0004.580.004.58
303000.620.561.18
1003000.212.452.66
3001000.041.531.57
1,0001000.030.930.96
  • * Mean absorbed dose to cell nucleus obtained from sum of self- and cross-doses.