Table 2.

Mean values and minimum–maximum intervals for CTVT_D98%, PTV_D98%, and PTV_105% calculated using MC and Eclipse algorithms for patients with a chest-wall thickness <15 mm, without and with bolus, and for patients with a chest-wall thickness of 20 to 25 mm without bolus

	CTVTD98%, thin chest				Chest wall 20-25 mm
	Mean		Range		Mean	Range
Calculation method	No bolus	With bolus	No bolus	With bolus	No bolus
AAA	70.1	97.6	[–25.3, 32.2]	[–2.7, 2.8]	100.2	[–5.2, 3.8]
AXBw	75.0	97.3	[–23.9, 26.9]	[–2.6, 2.9]	99.6	[–4.3, 4.6]
MCw	88.0	97.2	[–12.6, 15.4]	[–2.3, 2.4]	99.9	[–5.2, 3.6]
AXBm	75.3	96.9	[–24.0, 28.6]	[–3.0, 3.4]	99.6	[–5.3, 3.5]
MCm	87.0	96.1	[–13.5, 16.3]	[–2.9, 3.0]	99.2	[–5.4, 3.6]

	PTVD98%, thin chest				Chest wall 20-25 mm
	Mean		Range		Mean	Range
Calculation method	No bolus	With bolus	No bolus	With bolus	No bolus
AAA	72.0	94.7	[–11.7, 20.1]	[–1.6, 1.2]	94.6	[–2.7, 1.1]
AXBw	77.6	94.5	[–9.9, 15.7]	[–1.8, 1.1]	94.2	[–2.7, 2.4]
MCw	86.7	94.4	[–5.2, 6.6]	[–4.2, 0.5]	94.2	[–2.9, 2.2]
AXBm	77.4	93.4	[–10.5, 14.7]	[–1.8, 0.6]	93.4	[–2.5, 1.7]
MCm	84.4	92.7	[–13.6, 7.2]	[–3.3, 1.2]	92.9	[–2.9, 1.7]

Abbreviations: CTVT = clinical target volume tumor; MC = Monte Carlo; PTV = planning target volume.

AXBw and MCw denote Acuros XB and MC doses in dose-to-water terms, whereas AXBm and MCm refer to doses in dose-to-medium terms.