Fig 1.
Dosimteric comparison work flow.
Abbreviations: PO, Photon Optimizer; MCO, multicriteria optimization; DVH, dose–volume histogram.
Table 1.
Dose-volume constraints for the PTV and OARs.
Fig 2.
Dose–volume histogram of plans with MCO, with re-optimization and with re-calculation.
MCO, multicriteria-optimization; GTV, gross target volume; PTV, planning target volume; Lt, left; Rt, Right.
Fig 3.
The dose distributions for a representative case that were obtained from (A) MCO, (B) re-optimization, and (C) recalculation.
Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
Fig 4.
Boxplots of (A) Dmin, Dmean, and Dmax for GTVs, and (B) Dmin, Dmean, Dmax, GI, HI, and CI for PTV. Abbreviations: Dmin, Minimum dose; Dmean, mean dose; Dmax, maximum dose; GI, gradient index; HI, homogeneity index; CI, conformal index.
Table 3.
Dose–volume statistics of target coverage with the GTV and PTV.
Fig 5.
Boxplots of Dmax, Dmean, V70, V60, V40, V25 for (A) bladder, (B) rectum, and (C) Dmax and Dmean for the bilateral femoral heads. Abbreviations: Dmin, Minimum dose; Dmean, mean dose; Dmax, maximum dose; V(n), volume receiving n Gy.
Table 4.
Dose–volume statistics of OARs with MCO, reoptimization, and recalculation.