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Table 2 Target volume sizes

From: Clinical outcome after particle therapy for meningiomas of the skull base: toxicity and local control in patients treated with active rasterscanning

 

median (ml)

Q1-Q3 (ml)

mean (ml)

std dev (ml)

Target volumes for proton irradiation

 GTV

22,6

12,5–35,1

28,7

25,9

 CTV

31,5

19,2–49,9

44,5

42,4

 PTV

50,8

32,7–76,3

68,0

57,5

Target volumes for carbon ion boost irradiation

 GTV

54,6

38,4–59,8

47,3

22,3

 CTV

46,9

42–77,8

58,5

29,3

 PTV

65,7

59,6–112

82,1

38,8