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. 2008 Apr 28;9(2):69–82. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v9i2.2794

Table 2.

Values of V20 for total lung, and differences between control and experimental values for each of the 10 study patients, using varying combinations of regions of interest to drive the deformations in the four‐dimensional dose calculations

Patient V20 values (%) V20 differences (%)
LHCE LHC LH LE LC L
LHCLHCE
LHCLHCE
LHLHCE
LHLHCE
LELHCE
LCLHCE
LLHCE
1 26.26 26.34 26.37 26.46 26.58 26.62 0.08 0.11 0.20 0.32 0.36
2 21.52 22.21 22.93 22.74 23.72 27.09 0.69 1.41 1.22 2.20 5.57
3 19.93 21.11 21.06 19.12 20.70 17.98 1.19 1.13
0.80
0.77
1.94
4 28.91 28.88 28.86 28.90 28.85 28.77
0.03
0.05
0.01
0.07
0.14
5 41.40 43.22 43.04 43.05 41.40 12.47 1.82 1.64 1.64
0.01
28.94
6 2.92 2.64 2.38 2.02 1.11 0.51
0.29
0.55
0.91
1.82
2.42
7 32.99 33.50 34.00 33.53 34.56 36.98 0.52 1.01 0.54 1.57 3.99
8 38.10 39.24 39.72 41.28 44.73 41.96 1.14 1.63 3.18 6.63 3.86
9 36.51 37.98 37.86 36.60 38.91 38.65 1.47 1.35 0.08 2.40 2.14
10 27.89 30.48 31.35 29.95 31.89 31.76 2.59 3.46 2.06 4.00 3.87
RMS deviation 1.25 1.54 1.43 2.78 9.64
Maximum deviation 2.59 3.46 3.18 6.63 28.94

V20=fractionalvolumeofanatomicstructurereceivingatleast20Gy; LHCE=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung, heart, cord, external contour; LHC=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung, heart, cord; LH=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung, heart; LE=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung, external contour; LC=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung, cord; L=4D dose calculation driven by deformations of lung; RMS=rootmeansquare; root mean square.