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. 2013 Jul 23;8:184. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-184

Table 1.

Predicted NTCP and RNTCP values for cardiac structures based on existing model parameters; for the HD patient, NTCP and RNTCP values based on correct literature parameters were listed; for the MB patient, calculations were carried out by using all possible parameter sets, and only RNTCP values were listed

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 HD patient
 MB patient
Structure Ref. D50 (Gy) n m γ s NTCPProton (%) NTCPPhoton (%) RNTCP RNTCP
Pericardium
 [26]
 48
 0.35
 0.1
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 0
Pericardium
 [25]
 50.6
 0.64
 0.13
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -
 1.43 × 10-5
Myocardium
 [24]
 52.2
 -
 -
 1.25
 0.87
 -
 -
 -
 1.93 × 10-5
Myocardium
 [23]
 70.3
 -
 -
 0.96
 1
 2.17
 2.67
 0.8
 0.03
Whole heart
 [24]
 52.3
 -
 -
 1.28
 1
 -
 -
 -
 1.66 × 10-4
Whole heart
 [23]
 63.3
 -
 -
 0.93
 1
 -
 -
 -
 0.032
Whole heart [23] 70.3 - - 0.96 1 2.11 1.92 1.1 0.028