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Table 2 Dose constraints used in treatment planning

From: Dosimetric comparison between jaw tracking and static jaw techniques in intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Organ

Dose volume parameters

Organ

Dose volume parameters

Lens

Dmax < 7Gy

Heart

Dmean < 26Gy

Eye

Dmax < 50Gy

V30 < 50%

Dmean < 35Gy

Liver

Dmean < 30Gy

Optic nerve

Dmax < 54Gy

1/3 volume of liver avoid irradiation

Brain stem

Dmax < 54Gy

Kidney

Dmean < 18Gy

Parotid

V30 < 50%

V12 < 55%

Dmean < 26Gy

V20 < 32%

Spinal cord

Dmax < 40Gy

Intestine

V40 < 30%

Esophagus

V35 < 50%

Bladder

V30 < 50%

Dmean < 34Gy

Femoral Head

V20 < 50%

Lung

V5 < 70%

V30 < 15%

V10 < 50%

Rectum

V30 < 50%

V20 < 30%

V60 < 35%

Dmean < 15Gy

V70 < 20%