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Table 3 The results of mechanical performance metrics for the clinical plan and KBP

From: Mechanical performance of a commercial knowledge-based VMAT planning for prostate cancer

	Clinical Plan				KBP				p-value
	Mean	Max	Min	SD	Mean	Max	Min	SD	p-value
MFA (cm²)	18.28	25.07	12.39	3.34	17.25	22.89	12.15	2.80	0.23
MAD (mm)	21.08	25.04	17.27	2.14	20.47	24.49	16.88	1.92	0.38
CAS	0.54	0.63	0.34	0.07	0.55	0.66	0.41	0.07	0.46
CLS	0.040	0.072	0.0050	0.015	0.051	0.16	0.0070	0.027	0.03
SAS_2mm	0.13	0.22	0.022	0.042	0.15	0.24	0.026	0.044	0.20
SAS_5mm	0.20	0.30	0.089	0.053	0.23	0.33	0.091	0.087	0.05
SAS_10mm	0.32	0.48	0.15	0.071	0.35	0.48	0.22	0.063	0.07
SAS_20mm	0.54	0.71	0.29	0.087	0.58	0.77	0.44	0.081	0.11
LT (mm)	458.51	550.80	362.80	41.62	418.81	499.60	362.10	29.39	< 0.01
MCS_v	0.27	0.31	0.22	0.023	0.27	0.30	0.25	0.015	0.24
MU	618.24	738.80	475.70	64.77	622.12	672.60	572.40	25.58	0.76

Abbreviations: MFA mean field area, MAD mean asymmetry distance, CAS cross-axis score, CLS closed leaf score, SAS small aperture score, LT leaf travel, MCS_v modulation complexity score for VMAT, MU monitor unit

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