Radiation Oncology

Table 2 Accumulated dose distributions of EUD_CTV values for all 8 treatment phases with at least 3 dose fractions with the adaptive and scheduled plans in dependence on the PTV margins between 1 and 10 mm, respectively

From: Prospects for online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for head and neck cancer

	Adaptive plan				Scheduled plan
	Minimum [%]	Maximum [%]	Mean [%]	Median [%]	Minimum [%]	Maximum [%]	Mean [%]	Median [%]
1 mm	83.2	102.5	98.9	101.4	71.9	102.8	93.7	98.0
2 mm	91.6	102.7	100.5	101.8	79.0	103.2	95.7	99.8
3 mm	99.1	102.8	101.6	102.0	86.0	103.5	99.9	101.8
4 mm	100.2	102.8	102.0	102.2	92.7	103.6	101.2	102.2
5 mm	100.2	104.1	102.1	102.2	98.3	103.7	102.0	102.2
6 mm	100.2	104.7	102.2	102.1	101.2	103.9	102.5	102.2
7 mm	100.2	105.1	102.1	102.0	101.1	104.1	102.6	102.4
8 mm	100.2	105.3	102.1	101.9	100.9	104.3	102.6	102.5
9 mm	100.3	105.4	102.0	101.9	100.8	104.5	102.5	102.5
10 mm	100.3	105.5	102.0	101.8	100.6	104.6	102.5	102.5

The distributions were characterized by the minimum, maximum, mean and median value and the range. All EUD_CTV values were normalized to the prescribed dose

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