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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2015 Jun 10;60(13):5037–5052. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/13/5037

Table 6.

NTCP, TCP values (in percent) and gEUD (for a = 1) for selected organs of the head and neck patient (NA is “Not Applicable”). The prescribed dose was 60 Gy at the target delivered in 30 fractions

Brain stem Optical nerve (left) Optical nerve (right) Spinal cord Skin CTV GTV
S-Model 12.30 1.0×10−6 1.0×10−6 0.0 0.048 NA NA
LKB with Eq. 4 9.27 7.17×10−6 6.18×10−6 0.02 0.004 NA NA
Niemierko 12.10 5.0×10−4 4.0×10−4 0.06 0.159 NA NA
Critical Volume 6.92 -- -- 0.17 0.015 NA NA
Critical Element 12.30 1.0×10−6 1.0×10−6 0.0 0.093 NA NA
gEUDa=1 (Gy) 49.30 16.88 16.58 12.31 8.211 57.41 57.74
Poisson (TCP) NA NA NA NA NA 69.72 71.08