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Table 2 Optimisation constraints

From: Hippocampal sparing radiotherapy for glioblastoma patients: a planning study using volumetric modulated arc therapy

OAR

Dose constraint

Lenses

Maximum dose ≤ 5Gy

Eyes

Mean dose ≤ 30Gy

Optic nerves

Maximum dose ≤ 54Gy (5 mm expansion: ≤ 56Gy)

Chiasm

Maximum dose ≤ 54Gy (3 mm expansion: ≤ 56Gy)

Brainstem

Maximum dose ≤ 54Gy (3 mm expansion: ≤ 56Gy)

Cochlea

Maximum dose ≤ 54Gy/60Gy

Hippocampus

Chosen individually for each patient