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Table 3 Characteristics and dose-volume parameters of the different dose calculations

From: Evaluation of heterogeneity dose distributions for Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT): comparison of commercially available Monte Carlo dose calculation with other algorithms

Structure

Parameter

SHM

CCC

SP

MC

CCC vs. SP

CCC vs. MC

SP vs. MC

  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean [%]

p-Value

Mean [%]

p-Value

Mean [%]

p-Value

 

IC dose(Gy)

48.00 (0.0)

45.35 (1.3)

46.04 (1.4)

44.84 (1.1)

1.49

N.S.

-1.14

N.S.

-2.67

0.0036

 

max dose(Gy)

52.17 (2.6)

49.12 (3.1)

48.45 (2.7)

48.10 (2.5)

-1.38

N.S.

-2.12

N.S.

-0.73

N.S.

PTV

PTV95(Gy)

44.92 (0.9)

40.53 (2.4)

41.42 (2.2)

39.68 (2.9)

2.15

N.S.

-2.15

N.S.

-4.39

0.033

 

PTVmin

42.88 (1.8)

38.05 (3.0)

38.31 (3.0)

37.57 (2.3)

0.67

N.S.

-1.28

N.S.

-1.96

N.S.

ITV

ITVmin

44.88 (1.4)

41.01 (2.2)

42.38 (2.2)

40.66 (1.8)

3.22

N.S.

-0.86

N.S.

-4.2

0.0094

Lung-ITV

MLD(Gy)

5.72 (2.3)

5.28 (2.1)

5.31 (2.0)

5.33 (2.1)

0.61

N.S.

1.03

N.S.

0.42

N.S.

 

V20(%)

9.18 (4.6)

8.22 (4.3)

8.44 (4.3)

8.54 (4.4)

2.55

N.S.

3.68

N.S.

1.16

N.S.

 

V5(%)

28.21 (9.5)

27.57 (9.6)

27.85 (9.4)

28.03 (9.6)

1.02

N.S.

1.65

N.S.

0.63

N.S.

 

HI

1.21 (0.09)

1.26 (0.09)

1.26 (0.10)

1.27 (0.07)

-0.34

N.S.

0.48

N.S.

0.82

N.S.

 

CI

2.69 (0.56)

2.71 (0.38)

2.92 (0.60)

2.86 (0.41)

7.19

N.S.

5.30

N.S.

-2.04

N.S.

  1. N.S., not significant.
  2. Abbreviations: SHM, scatter homogeneous mode, CCC, C.C.Convolution, SP, Superposition, MC, Monte Carlo.
  3. PTV, planning target volume. ITV, internal target volume.
  4. HI, homogeneity index. CI, conformity index.