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Fig. 3 | Radiation Oncology

Fig. 3

From: High-dose thoracic radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: a novel grading scale of radiation-induced lung injury for symptomatic radiation pneumonitis

Fig. 3

Planning computed tomography (CT) scan with relation to the physical dose distribution. Baseline CT scan before radiation therapy of patient 1 (a) and patient 2 (c), RGS grade 2 in patient 1 (b) and RGS grade 3 in patient 2 (d), escalation of RGS in patient 3 on a follow-up CT one month (e) and three months (f) after RT; isodose legends: yellow – 66 Gy, green – 62.7 Gy, blue – 59.4 Gy, azure – 56.1 Gy, navy – 52.8, violet – 27 Gy, circle – consolidations, arrow – pleural effusion (RGS, radiation-induced lung injury grading scale)

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