| Author |
Results |
| Spinal cord (D2) |
Brain stem (D2) |
Parotid (D mean) |
CTV (D95) |
| Castadot et al. [13] |
Decrease in modified
DIR plan by 1.9 Gy |
Not stated |
Not significant |
Decrease in modified
DIR plan by 3.1 Gy
(target volume modified) |
| Wu et al. [11] |
*Not significant |
*Not significant |
Decrease in modified
DIR plan by 3-6% |
Not significant |
| Our study |
Not significant
(P=0.07) |
Not significant
(P=0.75) |
Ipsilateral:
decrease in modified DIR plan by 1.9 Gy (P<0.01)
Contralateral:
Not significant (P=0.07) |
Decrease in modified
DIR plan by 0.2 Gy
(P<0.01) |
| *Wu et al. used dose to the maximum 1% of the volume of the spinal cord and brain stem. Abbreviations: DIR: Deformable Image Registration; D2: dose to the maximum 2% of the volume, a representation of maximum dose; Dmean: mean dose; CTV: Clinical Target Volume; D95: dose to the 95% of the volume. |
