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Table 2 Detailed results for the PTVs, dose bath and serial organs

From: Planning comparison of five automated treatment planning solutions for locally advanced head and neck cancer

Structure

AIO

AP

RP1

RP2

RS

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Targets

PTV 70Gy

Dmean (Gy)

70.9

0.2

70.5

0.3

70.8

0.3

70.5

0.3

70.4

0.2

V95% (%)

97.6

0.6

98.9

0.2

97.7

0.6

97.8

0.5

98.8

0.2

D2% (Gy)

73.4

0.4

72.6

0.2

73.6

0.2

73.3

0.1

72.1

0.1

PTV60Gy

V95% (%)

98.9

0.4

99.9

0.1

99.1

0.3

99.0

0.2

99.7

0.2

PTV 54Gy

V95% (%)

98.2

0.4

98.7

0.6

98.3

0.4

98.8

0.3

98.0

0.6

Dose bath

Body

V50Gy (dm3)

1.02

0.34

1.12

0.34

0.96

0.30

1.00

0.32

0.94

0.32

V30Gy (dm3)

2.50

0.62

2.32

0.66

2.12

0.56

2.38

0.61

1.88

0.43

V5Gy (dm3)

6.39

1.28

7.12

1.40

6.83

1.35

6.54

1.40

6.64

1.36

Serial Organs

Brachial Plexus

D0.5 cm3 (Gy)

53.1

3.5

53.1

4.3

54.2

3.6

52.7

2.7

51.1

7.4

Brainstem

Dmax (Gy)

30.2

15.5

27.4

13.6

26.2

14.7

30.6

12.8

23.7

13.4

Mandible

Dmax (Gy)

67.8

4.6

66.6

5.5

68.0

7.9

67.1

12.0

67.0

3.2

Spinal cord

Dmax (Gy)

40.7

0.8

41.5

2.2

41.3

2.1

40.8

1.3

36.0

2.9

  1. Abbreviations: AIO automatic Interactive Optimizer, AP auto-planning, RP RapidPlan, RS Raystation, V 95% percentage volume receiving 95% of prescribed dose, D 2% dose corresponding to 2%, D 0.5 cm3 dose corresponding to 0.5 cm3, V X Gy volume receiving X Gy, Dmax maximal dose, SD standard deviation