Table 2: The percentage volume of the thyroid gland absorbing low, intermediate and high dose radiation with anterior supraclavicular field and corner thyroid shielded at different felid angles.

% of Thyroid Volume Received
Low dose (≤ 15 Gy) Intermediate dose (≤ 30 Gy) High dose (≤ 50 Gy)
(0º) (10º) (15º) (0º) (10º) (15º) (0º) (10º) (15º)
Mean 20.7 26.7 30.7 11.1 16.9 21 1.3 2.5 4.5
Std. deviation 13.7 15.3 16.0 11.0 14.3 16.1 4.2 5.0 7.8
Minimum 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Maximum 46.0 51.1 53.4 43.8 43.5 50.5 21.0 20.5 25.7