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Table 5 Summary of lung dose and critical organs for anatomic and functional treatment plans among 11 thoracic cancer patients

From: IMRT treatment plans and functional planning with functional lung imaging from 4D-CT for thoracic cancer patients

Metric

Anatomic planning

Functional planning

Total lung

 V5 (%)

42.77 ± 16.97

36.97 ± 17.05

 V20(%)

20.44 ± 6.99

18.12 ± 8.11

 MLD (Gy)

11.24 ± 4.03

10.19 ± 4.36

20% Functional lung

 V5 (%)

34.76 ± 19.21

28.61 ± 19.45

 V20(%)

15.22 ± 8.59

12.57 ± 8.85

 MLD (Gy)

8.61 ± 4.35

7.38 ± 4.59

Heart

 V40 (%)

16.75 ± 15.05

21.87 ± 23.12

 Mean dose (Gy)

16.7 ± 12.78

17.31 ± 13.95

Spinal cord

 Maximun (Gy)

41.58 ± 5.73

43.31 ± 4.5

Esophagus

 V35 (%)

20.36 ± 16.14

24.15 ± 17.36

 V50 (%)

11.57 ± 16.95

11.57 ± 16.96

 Mean dose (Gy)

15.34 ± 9.23

16.22 ± 9.31

  1. Abbreviations:
  2. VX(%): volume of an OAR receiving X Gy; MLD: Mean lung dose; Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.