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. 2013 Nov 1;13:515. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-515

Table 2.

Summary of PTV coverage data for VMAT-S, IMRT and HT plans

x¯±σ
  PTV 95 (%) PTV 100 (%) PTV 105 (%) PTV 110 (%) D mean (Gy) CI HI
Mean (VMAT-S)
99.82
95.10
40.50
0.00
52.01
0.89
1.06
Mean (IMRT)
99.91
95.60
67.10
5.30
52.51
0.87
1.10
P
0.53
0.68
0.03
0.01
0.51
0.07
0.01
Mean (HT)
99.61
95.80
16.70
0.20
51.45
0.87
1.07
P 0.37 0.83 0.00 0.71 0.08 0.06 0.25

PTV: planning target volume, VMAT-S: volumetric modulated arc therapy with SmartArc, IMRT: intensity-modulated radiotherapy, HT: helical tomotherapy, Dmean: mean dose, CI: conformity index, HI: homogeneity index.