Table 1 The targets coverage multi-comparison analysis for all studied techniques (mean ± SD). Mean values with ^ǂ symbol demonstrate that the corresponding technique did not pass the normality test. Friedman test of significance (p < 0.05) was used in these cases; otherwise, repeated measures ANOVA significance test was used

PTV _boost

V ₁₀₇ (%)

0^{* a}

0^{* a}

0^{* a}

0^{* a}

V ₉₅ (%)

95.9 ± 2.4^c

98.0 ± 0.9^{ǂ bc}

99.3 ± 0.6^a

98.6 ± 1.7^ab

mean (Gy)

64.1 ± 0.1^b

64.2 ± 0.0^b

64.3 ± 0.0^a

64.1 ± 0.1^b

CI

0.50 ± 0.00^a

0.50 ± 0.00^a

0.50 ± 0.00^a

0.50 ± 0.00^a

HI

1.03 ± 0.01^{† a}

1.03 ± 0.01^{† a}

1.03 ± 0.01^{† a}

1.02 ± 0.01^{† b}

PTV _breast

V ₁₀₇ (%)

18.1 ± 3.9^a

18.7 ± 7.1^{ǂ a}

18.7 ± 4.2^a

10.4 ± 1.3^b

V ₉₅ (%)

94.5 ± 1.8^b

94.6 ± 1.9^ab

95.5 ± 2.3^ab

96.6 ± 1.6^a

mean (Gy)

52.2 ± 0.3^a

52.2 ± 0.5^{ǂ a}

52.3 ± 0.5^a

51.5 ± 0.2^b

Q

0.91 ± 0.02^b

0.91 ± 0.02^b

0.92 ± 0.03^ab

0.94 ± 0.02^a

hI

1.36 ± 0.03^{† a}

1.37 ± 0.04^{† a}

1.34 ± 0.05^{† a}

1.30 ± 0.03^{† b}