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. 2012 May 11;39(6):3089–3101. doi: 10.1118/1.4711909

TABLE III.

Values of dosimetric parameters in the 3-beam IMPT-3D plan and 36-beam IMPT-DET plan from conventional PTV-based optimization for the BOS cancer case.

Tissue Dosimetric parameter 3-beam IMPT 36-beam IMPT-DET
CTV D99% (Gy) 65.4 65.8
  D1% (Gy) 70.4 69.1
Brainstem V20 (%) 64.9 46.2
V30 (%) 46.5 32.3
V40 (%) 31.7 22.0
V50 (%) 18.3 13.6
V60 (%) 7.3 7.2
Max (Gy) 68.3 68.6
Dmean (Gy) 30.2 23.7
Spinal cord Dmax (Gy) 32.0 34.5
Dmean (Gy) 1.2 0.95