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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2013 Jan 21;58(4):887–902. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/887

Table 5.

Differences between the dose delivered using the nominal tissue I-value and ±5% and ±10% the nominal value for different volume levels (95% and 10%) and the mean dose for prostate patient.

Target Volumes

−10% −5% +5% +10%
GTV 95% Volume 1.8% 0.9% −0.8% −1.5%
10% Volume 1.7% 0.9% −0.7% −1.5%
Mean 1.2% 0.7% −0.9% −1.5%

CTV 95% Volume 1.6% 0.9% −0.8% −1.5%
10% Volume 1.7% 0.9% −0.7% −1.5%
Mean 1.4% 0.8% −0.6% −1.4%

PTV 95% Volume 1.7% 0.8% −0.8% −1.5%
10% Volume 1.7% 0.9% −0.8% −1.6%
Mean 1.6% 0.9% −0.6% −1.2%

Organs at Risk

−10% −5% +5% +10%

Ant Rectum 10% Volume 1.6% 0.6% −1.0% −1.6%
Mean 1.0% 0.5% −1.7% −2.7%

Post Rectum 10% Volume 2.0% 1.8% 0.6% −1.9%
Mean 1.0% 0.2% −0.9% −1.2%

Whole Rectum 10% Volume 1.0% 1.1% −0.2% −1.6%
Mean 1.8% 0.9% −0.8% −1.3%

Bladder 10% Volume 1.0% 0.5% −0.6% −1.3%
Mean 1.1% 0.5% −0.7% −1.3%

L Femoral Head 10% Volume 1.8% 0.9% −0.7% −1.4%
Mean 1.7% 0.8% −1.1% −2.2%

R Femoral Head 10% Volume 1.8% 0.9% −0.9% −1.5%
Mean 2.5% 1.0% −1.0% −1.8%