TABLE 4

Computation Time for 3D Dose Map Acquisition Using 4 CPU Cores and 16-GB Random-Access Memory

MethodComputation time (h)Relative time
Direct Monte Carlo235.201
Direct Monte Carlo (complete simulation)4,704.0320
Single VSV (N = 1)0.170.00074
Multiple VSV (N = 4)0.690.00295
Multiple VSV (N = 6)1.040.00443
Multiple VSV (N = 8)1.390.00591
Multiple VSV (N = 10)1.740.00738
Multiple VSV (N = 20)3.470.01476