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Table 3 Total marrow 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

PTV

D99 (Gy)

12.2 ± 0.6

11.9 ± 0.6

11.9 ± 0.3

 

D1 (Gy)

19.6 ± 0.3

20.1 ± 0.4

19.6 ± 0.3

 

CI 95

1.30 ± 0.15

1.7 ± 0.23

1.47 ± 0.05

 

UI

1.27 ± 0.05

1.34 ± 0.08

1.31 ± 0.07

 

TV95%

0.781 ± 0.074

0.768 ± 0.037

0.768 ± 0.057

bladder

mean (Gy)

6.8 ± 1.3

8.2 ± 1.1

8.0 ± 1.8

small bowel

mean (Gy)

6.8 ± 1.2

8.2 ± 1.1

7.2 ± 1.0

 

D50 (Gy)

6.0 ± 0.9

8.1 ± 3.7

6.6 ± 1.0

esophagus

mean (Gy)

6.7 ± 1.2

9.0 ± 0.5

7.2 ± 1.0

brain

mean (Gy)

8.3 ± 0.6

8.1 ± 1.3

8.7 ± 1.6

 

D50 (Gy)

6.9 ± 0.8

7.2 ± 1.7

8.1 ± 0.3

liver

mean (Gy)

7.6 ± 0.4

8.3 ± 0.5

8.5 ± 0.6

lenses

mean (Gy)

2.4 ± 0.2

2.5 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 0.3

right lung

mean (Gy)

8.0 ± 0.2

8.2 ± 0.3

8.1 ± 0.1

 

D50 (Gy)

6.2 ± 0.3

6.7 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.1

left lung

mean (Gy)

8.0 ± 0.1

8.1 ± 0.3

8.1 ± 0.3

 

D50 (Gy)

6.3 ± 0.1

6.7 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.1

stomach

mean (Gy)

5.2 ± 0.8

6.6 ± 1.1

5.9 ± 0.7

kidneys

mean (Gy)

6.1 ± 0.6

6.0 ± 0.8

7.1 ± 0.8

parotid glands

mean (Gy)

4.2 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 0.9

5.8 ± 1.2

thyroid gland

mean (Gy)

4.2 ± 0.5

4.9 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.5

integral dose

(Gy x l)

631.9 ± 143.4

724.5 ± 140.6

690.0 ± 122.3

  1. Conformity was superior in Reg 2.5 compared to Reg 2.5 and DJDC 5.0 (bold print). Reg 2.5 slightly outperformed DJDC 5.0 in terms of liver, kidney, parotid gland and thyroid sparing and D50 to both lungs (bold print).