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. 2017 Jun 2;18(4):84–96. doi: 10.1002/acm2.12100

Table 2.

Dosimetric parameters of OAR constraint from clinically treated IMRT plans, virtual simulation IMRT plans, and virtual simulation VMAT plans. V15 [cc]: volume of the structure receiving dose greater than 15 Gy in unit of cc, V20 [cc]: volume of the structure receiving dose greater than 20 Gy in unit of cc, V12 [%]: percentage volume of the structure receiving dose greater than 12 Gy

Clinically treated IMRT Virtual simulation IMRT Virtual simulation VMAT
Duodenum‐V15 [cc] 5.66 ± 2.00 6.01 ± 2.17 5.24 ± 2.13
Duodenum‐V20 [cc] 1.19 ± 0.77 1.19 ± 0.69 1.17 ± 0.62
Stomach‐V15 [cc] 6.00 ± 2.54 6.12 ± 2.94 4.92 ± 2.45
Stomach‐V20 [cc] 1.02 ± 0.64 0.98 ± 0.65 0.96 ± 0.79
Bowel‐V15 [cc] 6.09 ± 2.05 5.78 ± 2.00 4.64 ± 1.99
Bowel‐V20 [cc] 1.27 ± 0.99 1.03 ± 0.98 1.44 ± 0.82
Liver‐V12 [%] 6.18 ± 5.01 7.02 ± 6.91 6.96 ± 7.06
Kidney‐V12 [%] 6.36 ± 6.65 7.08 ± 7.07 7.83 ± 7.55
Stomach‐V12 [%] 7.51 ± 4.26 7.01 ± 3.67 5.67 ± 3.30