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Table 2 Whole abdominal irradiation: plan characteristics for Reg 2.5, Reg 5.0 (“regular” delivery with a 2.5 cm and 5.0 cm field width) and DJDC 5.0 (dynamic jaw/dynamic couch delivery with a 5.0 cm maximum field width)

From: Accelerated large volume irradiation with dynamic Jaw/Dynamic Couch Helical Tomotherapy

  

Reg 2.5

Reg 5.0

DJDC 5.0

total PTV

CI95

1.11 ± 0.08

1.13 ± 0.04

1.16 ± 0.03

 

TV95%

0.925 ± 0.013

0.887 ± 0.007

0.931 ± 0.022

right kidney

mean (Gy)

11.9 ± 0.8

12.3 ± 1.1

13.0 ± 0.9

left kidney

mean (Gy)

10.7 ± 0.8

11.7 ± 1.0

11.5 ± 0.8

bone

mean (Gy)

10.8 ± 1.1

12.9 ± 1.0

11.7 ± 0.8

spinal cord

max (Gy)

12.7 ± 2.7

12.5 ± 1.1

13.6 ± 2.7

heart

mean (Gy)

9.5 ± 2.4

10.6 ± 2.7

10.5 ± 1.5

liver

mean (Gy)

22.3 ± 0.9

23.5 ± 0.5

23.7 ± 0.9

integral dose

(Gy x l)

369.3 ± 67.8

496.2 ± 92.3

382.9 ± 52.4

  1. Target coverage and bone and liver sparing were significantly better with Reg 2.5 (bold print). Reg 5.0 resulted in a significantly higher integral dose than Reg 2.5 and DJDC 5.0 (bold print).