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Table 1 Dose-volume constraint set used for inverse planning optimization

From: Dosimetric comparison between coplanar and non coplanar field radiotherapy for ethmoid sinus cancer

Volume

Constraint

PTV

V 95% > 95% prescribed dose

CTV

V 99% > 95% prescribed dose

Spinal cord

D max < 40 Gy

Ext cord

D max < 45 Gy

Brainstem

D max < 55 Gy

Frontal lob

D max < 60 Gy

Parietal lob

D max < 60 Gy

Hypophyse

D max < 55 Gy

Temporomandibular joints

D max < 60 Gy

Parotid

D mean < 26 Gy

 

V 50% < 30 Gy

Lens

D max < 12 Gy

Optic nerve

D max < 55 Gy

Chiasma

D max < 55 Gy

Retina

D max < 55 Gy

Lachrymal glands

No constraint