Table 4 Number of nodes, beams, MU, CI, D_max and HI comparison of AD-S and MLP plans

Brain

52

72

0.72

83

123

0.68

26,759.4

40,348.0

0.66

1.06

1.28

0.83

1.16

1.11

1.05

55

73

0.75

151

179

0.84

23,905.8

28,069.0

0.85

1.09

1.34

0.81

1.25

1.34

0.93

63

80

0.79

119

146

0.82

24,242.7

34,516.5

0.70

1.08

1.39

0.78

1.21

1.29

0.94

59

75

0.79

130

141

0.92

21,111.5

27,985.2

0.75

1.12

1.26

0.89

1.11

1.10

1.01

54

75

0.72

134

151

0.89

14,099.2

18,766.1

0.75

1.15

1.43

0.80

1.19

1.21

0.98

65

98

0.66

160

199

0.80

26,676.5

36,531.6

0.73

1.08

1.30

0.83

1.17

1.18

0.99

0.74 (0.70–0.78)

0.83 (0.76–0.89)

0.74 (0.69–0.79)

0.82 (0.79–0.85)

0.98 (0.95–1.02)

Liver

39

51

0.77

80

100

0.80

37,693.0

46,693.2

0.81

1.10

1.29

0.85

1.19

1.17

1.02

46

65

0.71

118

135

0.87

44,690.9

48,487.5

0.92

1.09

1.35

0.81

1.09

1.09

1.00

25

38

0.66

81

100

0.81

36,108.4

46,468.6

0.78

1.07

1.32

0.81

1.22

1.20

1.02

37

59

0.63

116

143

0.81

61,853.9

76,896.0

0.80

1.07

1.4

0.76

1.11

1.09

1.02

48

62

0.77

114

130

0.88

50,577.6

82,111.8

0.62

1.13

1.38

0.82

1.27

1.31

0.97

39

53

0.74

72

94

0.77

40,155.7

54,089.8

0.74

1.05

1.35

0.78

1.44

1.41

1.02

0.71 (0.66–0.76)

0.82 (0.79–0.86)

0.78 (0.70–0.86)

0.81 (0.78–0.83)

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

All

0.73 (0.70–0.76)

p-value: 2.42 × 10^–7

0.82 (0.79–0.86)

p-value: 1.91 × 10^–6

0.76 (0.71–0.81)

p-value: 3.25 × 10^–4

0.82 (0.80–0.83)

p-value: 4.70 × 10^–9

1.00 (0.98–1.02)

p-value: 0.56