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

Table 4.

Values of D5 for spinal cord and differences in D5 values relative to control for each of the 10 study patients, using varying combinations of regions of interest to drive the deformations in the four‐dimensional (4D) dose calculations

Patient D5 values (cGy) D5 differences (cGy)
LHCE LHC LH LE LC L
LHCLHCE
LHCLHCE
LHLHCE
LHLHCE
LELHCE
LCLHCE
LLHCE
1 3550 3550 3550 3550 3550 3550 0 0 0 0 0
2 3750 3700 4000 3800 3600 2750
50
250 50
150
1000
3 3900 3750 3550 3800 3150 3250
150
350
100
750
650
4 1650 1700 1900 1800 1650 1850 50 250 150 0 200
5 3500 3000 4550 4750 2300 1700
500
1050 1250
1200
1800
6 400 400 450 450 350 400 0 50 50
50
0
7 4050 4050 4200 4100 4000 4250 0 150 50
50
200
8 4500 4500 4650 4700 4200 4300 0 150 200
300
200
9 4100 4600 4300 4050 4650 4200 500 200
50
550 100
10 4650 4800 5150 5100 4650 4300 150 500 450 0
350
RMS deviation 235 411 430 492 701
Maximum deviation 500 1050 1250 1200 1800

D5=maximumdosereceivedbyatleast5%ofspinalcord; 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.