Table 3.
Mean organ doses (Gy) and equivalent doses (Sv) to heart and substructures from proton and photon plans for the pediatric MB patient and HD patient
|
Patient |
Structure |
Proton therapy dose (Gy) |
Proton therapy dose (Sv) |
Photon therapy dose (Gy) |
Photon therapy dose (Sv) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Stray | Primary | Stray | Total | ||||
| |
Pericardium |
0.55 |
0.032 |
0.61 |
0.26 |
0.87 |
10.59 |
10.59 |
| MB |
Myocardium |
0.13 |
0.033 |
0.14 |
0.26 |
0.40 |
11.72 |
11.72 |
| |
Whole heart |
0.19 |
0.032 |
0.21 |
0.26 |
0.47 |
12.31 |
12.31 |
| |
Pericardium |
11.15 |
0.081 |
12.27 |
0.69 |
12.96 |
14.26 |
14.26 |
| HD |
Myocardium |
9.05 |
0.077 |
9.95 |
0.65 |
10.60 |
12.23 |
12.23 |
| Whole heart | 8.90 | 0.078 | 9.79 | 0.66 | 10.45 | 12.28 | 12.28 | |