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Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Oct 1;72(2):610–616. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.06.1488

Table 4.

Plan technique comparison for minimum and mean target coverage (Gy, ± σ), and dose to organs at risk, delivered at normal breathing.

Target/Organ at Risk		Dose (Gy) ± Standard deviation		P value
Target/Organ at Risk		Optimization to End Exhale	MIGA*-based optimization to normal breathing	P value
Breast	Minimum	17.2 ± 12.3	16.0 ± 11.4	0.13
Breast	Mean	50.2 ± 6.9	52.3 ± 1.5	0.36
SCV^§	Minimum	28.2 ± 12	28 ± 12	0.65
SCV^§	Mean	52.6 ± 0.8	52.6 ± 0.8	0.68
ICV^†	Minimum	33.4 ± 9.7	35 ± 6.7	0.59
ICV^†	Mean	53.1 ± 0.5	53.3 ± 0.6	0.08
IMN^††	Minimum	26.1 ± 14.3	26.2 ± 13.3	0.90
IMN^††	Mean	48 ± 9.8	50.8 ± 4	0.30
Tumor Bed	Minimum	54.8 ± 9.1	57.1 ± 4	0.25
Tumor Bed	Mean	57.7 ± 7	60.4 ± 0.3	0.31
Heart	Mean	0.8 ± 0.8	0.7 ± 0.8	0.89
Heart	Maximum	10.8 ± 8.7	10.4 ± 9	0.58
LAD^{[ ]}	Mean	2.5 ± 2	2.5 ± 2	1
LAD^{[ ]}	Maximum	13.2 ± 6.9	12.5 ± 6.2	0.55
Ipsilateral Lung		11.2 ± 2.6	11.9 ± 1.6	0.34

Abbreviations: Multiple Instance Geometry Approximation;

^§

Supraclavicular Lymph Nodes;

^†

Infraclavicular Lymph Nodes;

^††

Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes;

^{[ ]}

Left Anterior Descending Artery