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Table 1 Dosimetric comparison of three plans

From: Range modulation in proton therapy planning: a simple method for mitigating effects of increased relative biological effectiveness at the end-of-range of clinical proton beams

  

CTV

PTV

Brainstem

Left cochlea

Right cochlea

Left temporal lobe

Right temporal lobe

Hypothalamus

Pituitary

Left hippocampus

Right hippocampus

Brain

NRMPBT

Min

90.1

88.7

29.4

15.4

4.7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Max

108.1

109.4

103.6

49.9

25.6

102.8

100

96.7

1.2

65.8

57.8

108.5

 

Mean

100.4

100.1

97.9

30.2

11.6

2.2

1.5

13.8

0.2

4.4

4.1

14.4

RMPBT

Min

79.9

63.2

0

3.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Max

110.1

110.1

105.8

29.2

7.4

97.9

99.1

0

0

58.8

46.6

110.1

 

Mean

100.7

100.3

50.1

12.9

1.9

0.9

0.6

0

0

0.8

1.1

12.4

RMPBTrt

Min

55.5

45.6

0

8.1

4.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Max

100

100

96.7

27.7

15.2

94.8

92.5

0

0

81

70.3

100

 

Mean

94.5

93.6

42.4

16.9

8.2

4.3

2.6

0

0

11.5

8.7

20.7

  1. All numbers are in percentage of prescription dose. The prescription dose for this case was 59.4 Gy.