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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2012 Nov 15;57(23):N469–N479. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/23/N469

Table 3.

Minimum, mean, and maximum therapeutic doses (Dmin, Dmean, Dmax, respectively) in Gy for each VMAT treatment plan studied. Plan indices correspond to those in table 1.

Volume Statistic VMAT Therapeutic Dose (Gy)
Plan 1 (smallest margin) Plan 2 Plan 3 Plan 4 Plan 5 SOC Plan Plan 6 (Largest Margin)
Bladder Wall Dmin 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Dmean 11.3 13.3 14.8 14.9 15.2 16.4 17.0
Dmax 82.3 81.0 80.8 81.0 81.7 80.8 81.5

Rectal Wall Dmin 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
Dmean 18.3 20.5 21.9 22.3 22.7 23.8 24.8
Dmax 80.0 80.0 80.0 79.9 80.1 80.4 81.4