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Table 2 Priorities for VOI alignment in expert-approved IGRT corrections resulting from clustering on combinations of VOIs with an improvement compared with the bony pre-match

From: Analyzing human decisions in IGRT of head-and-neck cancer patients to teach image registration algorithms what experts know

Cluster label

Improvement – pattern {S VOIj }Fi

Number of fractions within cluster in %

pPTV

tPTV

Brainstem

Spinal cord (boost)

Cluster 2

1

1

1

1

39.4

Cluster 1

1

1

0

1

19.4

Cluster 6

1

1

1

0

5.9

Cluster 8

0

0

1

1

5.9

Cluster 14

0

1

1

1

5.4

Cluster 10

1

0

1

1

5.0

Cluster 7

0

0

0

1

3.9

Cluster 3

0

1

0

1

2.2

VOI priority

3

2

4

1

 
  1. Fi fraction i, VOIj volume of interest j