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Table 3.

Summary of target coverage and OAR constraints required for the RPC phantoms, with the planning/delivery technique in each case

Phantom	RPC Thorax‐Lung	RPC Spine	RPC Head & Neck IMRT
Planning / Delivery Technique	10 Noncoplanar Conformal Fields	13 Coplanar IMRT Fields	9 Coplanar IMRT Fields
Prescription / Target Coverage	$> 95 %$ of PTV receives 6.00 Gy	$> 95 %$ of PTV receives 6.00 Gy	$> 95 %$ of 1° PTV receives 6.60 Gy, $< 1 %$ of 1° PTV receives $< 6.14 Gy$
	$> 99 %$ of PTV receives 5.40 Gy	100% of PTV receives 5.25 Gy	$> 95 %$ of 2° PTV receives 5.40 Gy, $< 1 %$ of 2° PTV receives $< 5.02 Gy$
	No hotpots outside PTV	No Dose $> 6.3 Gy$ outside PTV
OAR Constraints	Maximum Spinal Cord Dose $\leq 5.00 Gy$	$< 0.35 cc$ Spinal Cord receives $> 3.75 Gy$	Maximum OAR Dose $< 4.5 Gy$
	$< 37 %$ Total Lung Volume receives $> 2.00 Gy$	Maximum Spinal Cord Dose $\leq 5.25 Gy$	Normal Tissue Maximum $\leq 7.26 Gy$
	$< 33 %$ Heart Volume receives $> 6.00 Gy$	$< 1.2 cc$ Spinal Cord receives $> 2.63 Gy$
	$< 67 %$ Heart Volume receives $> 4.50 Gy$	$< 15 cc$ Heart receives $> 6.00 Gy$
	Maximum Heart Dose $< 4.50 Gy$	Maximum Heart Dose $< 8.25 Gy$
		Esophagus Maximum Dose $\leq 6.00 Gy$
		$< 5 cc$ Esophagus receives $> 4.46 Gy$
		$< 1000 cc$ Total Lung receives $> 2.78 Gy$