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Table 1 Dosimetric results in 20 cases

From: Designed-seamless irradiation technique for extended whole mediastinal proton-beam irradiation for esophageal cancer

Case No.

Length of PTV (mm)

Minimum dose (%)

Maximum dose (%)

Discordant distance (mm)

Homogeneityindex of PTV

1

240

95.6

107.3

18.1

1.12

2

195

95.3

101.9

11.3

1.07

3

230

95.4

101.0

9.5

1.06

4

190

97.7

108.2

13.3

1.11

5

200

96.4

101.1

2.9

1.05

6

190

99.5

108.7

12.9

1.09

7

170

99.5

106.3

14.8

1.07

8

190

97.8

100.0

5.0

1.02

9

210

95.9

101.4

8.1

1.06

10

220

94.8

108.9

14.3

1.15

11

165

97.0

109.2

12.5

1.13

12

215

93.7

100.3

9.3

1.07

13

230

94.8

102.8

10.9

1.08

14

230

84.8

109.8

15.9

1.29

15

245

98.2

111.9

12.8

1.14

16

190

96.5

101.2

3.0

1.05

17

210

98.9

111.4

13.0

1.13

18

165

95.7

105.9

11.0

1.11

19

220

97.4

101.2

5.0

1.04

20

220

93.1

107.3

8.8

1.15

Average

206.3

95.9

105.3

10.6

1.10

S.D.

24.0

3.2

4.1

4.2

0.1

  1. Abbreviations: No.; number, PTV; planning target volume, S.D.; standard deviation.