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Table 1 Dose volume histogram, monitor units and treatment time for hippocampus sparing whole brain irradiation

From: Improved plan quality with automated radiotherapy planning for whole brain with hippocampus sparing: a comparison to the RTOG 0933 trial

 

HS WBRT

Krayenbuehl et al. Mean (range)

RTOG 0933 recommendation

Gondi et al. Mean (range)

Nevelsky et al. Mean (range)

Wang et al. Mean (range)

PTV D98% (Gy)

25.8 (25.0–27.1)

≥ 25Gy

N/A

25.7 (25.4–25.9)

 

PTV V95% (%)

96.4 (95.2–97.8)

N/A

96.9 (96.1–97.5)

N/A

96.9 (96.0–97.5)

PTV D2 (Gy)

33.5 (32.8–34.6)

≤37.5

N/A

37.2 (36.9–37.6)

35.1 (34.8–35.6)

PTV Dmax (Gy)

36 (35.1–36.5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

PTV V30Gy (%)

92 (92.0–92.0)

= 90

N/A

92.1 (90.5–93.2)

N/A

PTV HI

0.24 (0.21–0.26)

N/A

0.3 (0.26–0.34)

0.36 (0.34–0.37)

0.26 (0.23–0.33)

PTV Dmean (Gy)

31.5 (30.9–32.2)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

HC D100% (Gy)

8.1 (7.8–8.5)

≤ 9

N/A

8.4 (7.7–8.9)

9.3 (8.3–10.0)

HC Dmean (Gy2)

7.3 (6.0–7.9)

N/A

7.3 (7.2–7.6)

N/A

N/A

HC Dmax (Gy)

14.1 (12.0–15.3)

≤ 16

15.3 (14.3–15.9)

14.3 (13.5–15.4)

16 (14.6–16.9)

Lens Dmax (Gy)

4.6 (3.7–5.6)

N/A

3.8 (3.1–4.3)

N/A

5.8 (4.5–6.5)

Opt chiasm Dmax (Gy)

32.9 (31.7–35.1)

≤ 37.5

N/A

36.2 (33.9–37.2)

34.7 (33.1–36.8)

Opt nerve Dmax (Gy)

33.1 (32.5–33.8)

≤ 37.5

N/A

32.5 (28.3–35.7)

32.0 (23.7–36.1)

Lacrymal glands Dmax (Gy)

10.8 (6.6–15.5)

≤ 37.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

MU

1481 (1345–1550)

N/A

N/A

1724 (1622–1914)

N/A

Effective working time (min)

4.5 (4.1–5.3)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

  1. Abbreviations: PTV: planning target volume, D98%: dose to 98% of the volume, V95%: volume covered by 95% of the prescribed dose, D2%: dose to 2% of the volume, Dmax: maximal point dose, V30Gy: volume covered by 95% of the prescribed dose, HI: homogeneity index, HC: hippocampus, MU: monitor units, Gy2: equivalent dose if the actual treatment was delivered in 2 Gy per fraction with an α/β ratio of 2 Gy, MU: monitor units