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. 2012 Sep 29;4(3):129–134. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2012.30678

Table 2.

Mean ICRU point doses and D2cc volume doses in bladder and rectum (orthogonal method)

Bladder Rectum
Mean (range) ICRU (Gy) Mean (range) D2cc (Gy) Average Ratio (range) (D2cc/ ICRU) Mean (range) ICRU (Gy) Mean (range) D2cc (Gy) Average Ratio (D2cc/ICRU)
Onal et al. [12] 6.1 (2.9-8.7) 9.2 (7.6-12.9) 1.51 5 (2.2-10.7) 8.3 (5.1-12.3) 1.66
Jamema et al. [13] 4.56 7.12 1.56 ± 0.6 4.63 5.16 1.11 ± 0.2
Tan et al. [14] 2.9 (1.2-4.5) 3.9 (1.3-6.3) 1.34 ± 0.34 3.4 (2.4-4.2) 3.6 (1.8-5.9) 1.07 ± 0.25

ICRU – International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements; D2cc – dose received by 2cc of the volume of the bladder calculated from image based CT planning