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. 2013 Jul 31;86(1029):20130176. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20130176

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Figure 3. — Comparison of dose–volume histogram (DVH) variations between passive scattering proton beam (PSPB; blue band) and intensity-modulated proton radiotherapy (IMPT; red band) using (a) TANGENT_ENFACE and (b) TANGENT_PAIR owing to range uncertainties for the patient shown in Figure 2. The shadowed band represents the DVH variation range, and the solid line represents the DVH from the original plan. brst skin, breast skin; CTV, clinical target volume; ip. lung, ipsilateral lung; ip. norm. brst, ipsilateral normal breast.