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Table 3 Lung target volume

From: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy using static ports of tomotherapy (TomoDirect): comparison with the TomoHelical mode

 

Tomohelical

Tomodirect

p-value

  

(Mean ± standard deviation)

 

Patient number

18

 

PTV* (cc)

289 ± 327

 

Modulation factor

1.8 - 2.2

 

Pitch

0.172 - 0.43

 

Field width

2.5 - 5.02

 

Conformity index

2.33 ± 0.13

3.24 ± 0.30

0.009

Uniformity index

1.08 ± 0.01

1.06 ± 0 01

0.61

D95% (%)

95± 1

96 ± 1

0.23

Time (sec)

217 ± 16

235 ± 21

0.3

Lung

MLD† (Gy)

10 ± 1

11 ± 1

0.68

 

V5 Gy (%)

43 ± 3

30 ± 3

0.005

 

V10 Gy (%)

29 ± 2

23 ± 2

0.1

 

V20 Gy (%)

16 ± 2

18 ± 2

0.55

 

V30 Gy (%)

10 ± 1

13 ± 2

0.15

 

V40 Gy (%)

7 ± 1

8 ± 1

0.25

 

V50 Gy (%)

4 ± 1

6 ± 1

0.14

Cord (maximum dose)

36 ± 3

38 ± 3

0.33

  1. *PTV, planning target volume.
  2. †MLD, mean lung dose.