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Table 1 Median (min–max) dose values of PTV_brain, PTV_spinal, and PTV_total coverage, Dmean, Dmax, CI, and HI

From: Current practices of craniospinal irradiation techniques in Turkey: a comprehensive dosimetric analysis

Pediatric

Conformal (n = 7) median (min–max)

IMRT (n = 4) median (min–max)

VMAT (n = 9) median (min–max)

Tomotherapy (n = 5) median (min–max)

Proton n = 1 value

PTV_brain V95%

99.8 (98.5–100)

98.9 (94.3–99.6)

99.2 (97.1–99.9)

99.4 (98.4–100)

100

PTV_brain V100%

96.8 (46.2–99.5)

96.8 (66.1–98.8)

94.8 (82.7–96.4)

86.9 (58.9–95.4)

98.8

PTV_brain Dmean (Gy)

37.5 (36.0–41.4)

37.8 (36.1–37.9)

37.8 (36.6–38.1)

36.5 (36.1–37.3)

36.7

PTV_brain Dmax

40.4 (38.7–45.7)

40.5 (39.3–41.1)

40.2 (38.9–42.5)

38.4 (37.9–39.9)

38.6

PTV_brain CI

1.9 (1.0–2.2)

1.3 (0.9–1.4)

1.22 (1.0–1.3)

1.2 (0.8–1.3)

1.4

PTV_brain HI

0.1 (0.1–0.3)

0.2 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.1

PTV_spine V95%

98.6 (95.5–99.9)

99.3 (97.0–99.8)

99.4 (97.4–99.9)

98.7 (97.5–100)

100

PTV_spine V100%

90 (72.9–95.2)

95.6 (83.6–98.6)

92.8 (78.6–97.2)

95.2 (54.5–94.7)

97.6

PTV_spine Dmean

38.8 (37.2–39.8)

37.5 (36.7–37.7)

37.5 (36.5–38.2)

36.9 (36.0–37.4)

36.5

PTV_spine Dmax

45.0 (41.7–49.0)

41.3 (39.3–42.0)

40.3 (38.7–41.9)

38.7 (38.6–41.8)

37.9

PTV_spine CI

8.2 (4.5–9.6)

5.9 (4.0–6.2)

5.4 (4.5–5.6)

5.2 (3.5–5.5)

6.0

PTV_spine HI

0.2 (0.2–0.4)

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.0

PTV_total V95%

99.6 (98.2–99.9)

98.8 (95.2–99.6)

99.3 (97.1–99.7)

99.2 (98.5–100)

100

PTV_total V100%

96.1 (51.1–98)

96.6 (69.3–98.7)

95.6 (82. 2–95.7)

87.8 (58.0–95.3)

98.6

PTV_total Dmean

37.8 (36.2–41.1)

37.8 (36.2–37.9)

37.4 (36.6–38.1)

36.5 (36.1–37.3)

36.6

PTV_total Dmax

45.0 (41.7–49)

41.3 (39.3–42.0)

40.4 (38.9–42.5)

38.7 (38.6–41.8)

38.6

PTV_total CI

1.5 (0.8–1.8)

1.1 (0.7–1.2)

1 (0.8–1.0)

1.0 (0.7–1.0)

1.1

PTV_total HI

0.2 (0.2–0.3)

0.8 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 (0.1–0.1)

0.0

Body-PTV_total V2%

34.5 (31.1–43.1)

53.7 (48.9–54.8)

54.3 (39.7–64.9)

60 (55.8–66.1)

13.2

Body-PTV_total V5%

23.5 (21.6–32.4)

35.8 (34.8–41.4)

41.7 (32.7–48.4)

45.4 (35.3–49.7)

11.4

Body-PTV_total V10%

20.3 (18.5–30.2)

21.6 (18.1–23.3)

24 (21.3–27.5)

24.1 (21.7–31.4)

9.8

  1. Parameters for conformal, IMRT, VMAT, and tomotherapy techniques used in Turkey for pediatric patients, as well as the DVH parameters of proton center. Bold numbers represent the values closest to the ideal