TABLE II.
Conformation number, optimization time, modulation index, maximum and mean beam intensity for HN treatment plans with 7, 15, and 30 beams at 75 beam segments using the proposed methods.
Conformality index | Beam intensity | ||||||
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CN | CN1 | CN2 | Time for fluence-map optimization (s) | MI | Maximum intensity | Mean of intensity | |
7 beams | 0.7554 | 0.9501 | 0.7951 | 97 | 4.40 | 1304 | 96 |
15 beams | 0.7758 | 0.9501 | 0.8165 | 168 | 3.12 | 695 | 45 |
30 beams | 0.7819 | 0.9504 | 0.8224 | 352 | 1.73 | 394 | 23 |