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Table 2 Comparisons of dose metrics

From: Cardiac dose reduction during tangential breast irradiation using deep inspiration breath hold: a dose comparison study based on deformable image registration

 

DIBH

FB

p-value

Average

SD

Average

SD

Heart

Dmean (cGy)

279.3

99.7

724.1

272.1

0.000

Dmax (cGy)

4947.4

810.6

5114.0

309.1

0.191

V10 (%)

4.0

2.2

14.6

6.0

0.000

V20 (%)

2.7

1.8

12.3

5.5

0.000

V30 (%)

2.0

1.5

10.7

5.2

0.000

V40 (%)

1.3

1.2

8.7

4.6

0.000

V50 (%)

0.2

0.4

2.5

4.0

0.001

MHD (cm)

0.7

0.4

2.1

0.6

0.000

Lung

Dmean (cGy)

943.7

223.2

1018.4

300.9

0.008

V20 (%)

16.7

4.4

18.9

6.3

0.000

V40 (%)

11.9

3.6

14.1

5.5

0.000

CLD (cm)

2.9

0.6

2.6

0.5

0.014

LAD

Dmean (cGy)

2368.9

1162.1

4079.1

940.2

0.000

Dmax (cGy)

4720.9

911.8

5058.6

338.7

0.044

  1. DIBH deep inspiration breath hold, FB free breathing, SD standard deviation