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Table 7 Score table of the five treatment techniques

From: A comparative dosimetric study for treating left-sided breast cancer for small breast size using five different radiotherapy techniques: conventional tangential field, filed-in-filed, Tangential-IMRT, Multi-beam IMRT and VMAT

Structure

Dose parameter

Treatment technique

  

TW

FIF

TIMRT

7IMRT

VMAT

PTV

HI

1

1

1

1

0

 

CI

0

0

 

1

1

 

V47.5

1

0

1

1

0

PRV-l- lung

Dmean

0

 

1

0

0

 

V5

1

1

1

0

0

 

V10

1

1

1

0

0

 

V20

0

0

1

0

0

 

V30

0

1

1

1

1

 

V40

0

0

1

1

 

PRV-Heart

Dmean

0

1

1

0

0

 

V5

1

1

1

0

0

 

V10

0

 

1

0

0

 

V20

0

0

1

1

1

 

V30

0

0

1

1

1

 

V40

0

0

1

1

1

PRV-coronary artery

Dmean

0

0

1

1

1

 

V5

0

 

1

0

0

 

V10

0

 

1

1

1

 

V20

0

0

1

1

1

 

V30

0

0

1

1

1

 

V40

0

0

1

1

1

PRV-r-breast

Dmean

1

1

1

0

0

 

V2

1

1

1

0

0

 

V3

1

1

1

0

0

 

V4

1

1

1

0

0

 

V5

1

1

1

0

0

 

V10

1

1

1

1

1

Score

 

10

12

26

14

12

  1. The blank scoring: one who cannot be judged as superior nor inferior since it was not significant differ from both (p>0.05).