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. 2016 Nov 15;8(11):e882. doi: 10.7759/cureus.882

Table 1. Comparison between iPlan-MIDCA and ABMP-SIDCA (Case 1).

Prescription: PTV D95%=95% dose (19 Gy), Leaf margin on iPlan-MIDCA: 1mm    No leaf margin function in ABMP-SIDCA.

PTV=planned target volume (iPlan / ABMP), GTV=gross tumor volume, Vol.=volume (iPlan / ABMP)

Cbll=cerebellar, Temp=temporal, Pariet=parietal, Front=frontal, rt=right, lt=left, v.=vermis

CI=conformity index, GI=gradient index=V[half of prescription dose] / V[prescription dose]

  PTV (2mm margin) No. of arcs PTV Max.Dose(Gy) GTV Min.Dose(Gy) CI 1/Paddick’s CI GI V[1/2PresD] / V[PresD]
Location Vol.(ml) iPlan ABMP iPlan ABMP iPlan ABMP iPlan ABMP iPlan ABMP
1 Cbll (rt) 0.4 / 0.4 4 3 20.9 21.5 20.1 20.8 1.4 1.1 4.7 5.6
2 Cbll (lt) 0.2 / 0.3 4 4 20.9 22.1 20.0 21.3 1.6 1.2 5.1 5.1
3 Cbll (lt) 0.5 / 0.6 4 4 20.6 22.0 19.8 20.8 1.3 1.2 4.9 4.5
4 Cbll (v.) 0.2 / 0.2 4 4 20.9 22.2 20.1 21.4 1.6 1.2 6.0 5.4
5 Cbll (v.) 0.3 / 0.2 4 4 20.8 21.8 20.0 21.2 1.4 1.2 5.9 5.6
6 Temp (rt) 0.6 / 0.7 4 5 20.8 22.5 19.7 20.7 1.4 1.2 4.0 4.3
7 Pariet (rt) 0.7 / 0.5 4 3 21.6 21.9 19.7 20.9 1.5 1.1 3.4 5.1
8 Front (lt) 0.3 / 0.3 4 4 20.8 22.7 19.9 21.2 1.8 1.4 4.8 5.0
9 Front (lt) 0.3 / 0.3 4 3 22.0 23.0 20.1 21.3 1.8 2.9 4.8 5.4
  mean 0.4 / 0.4 4 3.8 21.0 22.2 19.9 21.1 1.53 1.36 4.84 5.12
    p=1   p <0.001 p <0.001 p=0.39 p=0.30