Figure 5.
Range probing with anatomical mid-ranges or single energy mid-ranges and their respective probing beam dose. Top row (left to right): (a) CT with contours of target (crescent shape), body (large outer circle), and OAR (small inner circle); (b) WEPL in target according to horizontal beam direction from negative to positive position, and red curve indicating the mid-values of WEPL; (c) plan dose with red curve indicating the dose peaks on the beam paths, and three horizontal lines (dashed, dash-dot, and dotted) indicating the positions of three dose profiles shown in the inset. Middle row (left to right): (d) treatment plan (beam intensity map) with red curve indicating the anatomical mid-range; (e) mid-range probing beam intensity extracted from the treatment plan; (f) probing dose with red curve indicating the dose peaks along the beam paths, and three horizontal lines (dashed, dash-dot, and dotted) indicating the positions of three probing beam dose profiles shown in the inset. Bottom row ((g), (h), and (i)): same as the middle row, except for the single-energy mid-range.
