Table 3.

Summary of integral doses for nine‐field IMRT, double‐arc RA, and triple‐arc RA plans (average over 10 patients).

Parameter	Nine‐field IMRT	Double‐arc RA	Triple‐arc RA	(IMRT vs. Triple RA)	p a (Double RA vs. Triple RA)
Total integral dose without BED correction, Gy·kg	$207.0\pm 28.8$	$207.3\pm 30.0$	$208.8\pm 29.9$	0.29	0.05
Total integral dose with BED correction, ${\text{Gy}}_2·\text{kg}$	$176.6\pm 24.8$	$176.0\pm 25.1$	$177.5\pm 25.2$	0.58	0.08
NTID without BED correction, Gy·kg	$156.3\pm 21.7$	$155.9\pm 23.1$	$157.5\pm 23.3$	0.45	0.04
NTID with BED correction, ${\text{Gy}}_2·\text{kg}$	$126.5\pm 17.4$	$125.2\pm 18.4$	$126.7\pm 18.5$	0.77	0.07

^aStatistical significance $(p<0.05)$ is reported between couples, IMRT vs. triple RA, and double RA vs. triple RA, from Wilcoxon signed rank test.