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. 2019 May 13;92(1099):20180901. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180901

Table 3.

V 95% and mean dose for target volumes for conventional VMAT plans and dose-painted plans

Structure V95% (%) Mean dose (Gy)
Conventional Dose painting p Conventional Dose painting p
PTV60 99.5 (94.9–99.9) 99.6 (95.0–100.0) 0.5 60.0 (59.8–61.5) 60.0 (59.6–61.3) 0.5
BTV62.5 100.0 (98.2–100.0) 62.7 (61.8–63.6)
BTV65 99.9 (89.6–100.0) 64.4 (63.6–64.9)
BTV67.5 99.8 (74.7–100.0) 66.4 (65.1–67.2)
BTV70 99.2 (61.0–100.0) 68.7 (66.9–69.3)
BTV72.5 99.7 (61.5–100.0) 71.1 (69.4–72.2)
BTV75 99.7 (83.2–100.0) 74.1 (72.6–75.2)
BTV77.5 99.9 (98.8–100.0) 76.3 (75.4–77.7)

BTV, biological target volume; PTV, planning target volume; VMAT, volumetric modulated arc therapy.

Median values are shown with the range in parentheses.