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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jun 30;5(2):e67–e75. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2014.05.005

Table 3.

Summary of volume and dose parameters for normal tissues

Structure Quantity Case1 (n = 11) Case2 (n = 7)
mean SD mean SD
Cord Volume (cc) 24.76 5.48 54.59 18.63
Dice * 81.3% 6.9% 76.2% 8.6%
Max dose (Gy) - inst 47.79 3.19 35.31 9.69
Max dose (Gy)–cons 51.08 4.33 36.60 10.76
Lungs Volume (cc) 2258 49 3912 242
Dice 97.5% 1.0% 96.9% 1.6%
V20Gy - inst 33.8% 3.9% 29.8% 4.0%
V20Gy - cons 33.6% 4.2% 29.4% 4.2%
Esophagus Volume (cc) 25.41 6.94 46.06 14.53
Dice 77.3% 9.3% 75.8% 11.0%
Mean dose (Gy) - inst 39.26 6.69 18.35 4.69
Mean dose (Gy) - cons 39.91 3.66 19.45 4.98
Heart Volume (cc) 490.4 77.7 896.6 176.7
Dice 86.4% 6.1% 86.8% 5.1%
V65Gy - inst 18.9% 8.7% 2.47% 3.42%
V65Gy - cons 20.7% 9.6% 2.43% 2.53%
Brachial Plexus Volume (cc) 13.76 4.90 16.01 7.09
Dice 40.5% 17.4% 40.4% 21.2%
Max dose (Gy) - inst 1.78 0.71 2.25 0.76
Max dose (Gy) - cons 1.92 0.65 1.98 0.47

Abbreviations: Dice = Dice’s coefficient; n = number of cases.

*

Dice’s coefficient between institutions’ contour and consensus contour.

Dose parameter calculated with institutions’ contour.

Dose parameter calculated with consensus contour.