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. 2019 Jun 19;4(4):649–658. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.05.008

Table 3.

Dosimetry comparison of the resulting [18F]fluciclovine PET-MRI directed nodal boost plans compared with the original treatment plan

Structure Dosimetric parameter Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
Original plan PET-MRI–directed LN boost plan Original plan PET-MRI–directed LN boost plan Original plan PET-MRI–directed LN boost plan Original plan PET-MRI–directed LN boost plan
PTVP+SV V70 Gy[%] 90.9% 92% 94.6% 95% 95% 95% 95% 98.2%
Maximum dose 76.4 Gy 76.9 Gy 76.2 Gy 75.9 Gy 74.2 Gy 75.6 Gy 75.9 Gy 76.5 Gy
PTVLN BOOST V60.2 Gy[%] - 79.4% - 92.6% 95.7% 93.3% - 90.1%
Maximum dose - 67.4 Gy - 67.0 Gy 63.1 Gy 65.7 Gy - 65.8 Gy
PTVeLN V50.4 Gy[%] 96.8% 92% 93.5% 95.6% 94.1% 97.2% 92.2% 93.2%
Rectum V70 Gy[cc] 2.8 cm3 3.7 cm3 4.8 cm3 2.1 cm3 2.8 cm3 1.6 cm3 2.6 cm3 3.8 cm3
V60 Gy[%] 12.7% 13.6% 6% 8.9% 7.0% 8.5% 12% 13.2%
V50 Gy[%] 22.4% 24.8% 23.2% 30.2% 14.3% 18.6% 23.2% 27%
Small bowel Maximum dose 55.6 Gy 54.9 Gy 53.8 Gy 56.1 Gy 57.6 Gy 57.0 Gy 53.6 Gy 57.9 Gy
V54 Gy[cc] 1.3 cm3 0.5 cm3 0 cm3 8.2 cm3 0.5 cm3 0.5 cm3 0 cm3 0.7 cm3
V45 Gy[cc] 329 cm3 344 cm3 97.5 cm3 147.9 cm3 275.3 cm3 389.8 cm3 199.7 cm3 226.5 cm3
Bladder V60 Gy[%] 12.3% 13.9% 13.5% 17.7% 9.5% 9.7% 7% 10.2%
V40 Gy[%] 45.1% 61.3% 44.9% 58.7% 46.5% 39.2% 43.1% 53.8%
Femoral heads V50 Gy[%] 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Abbreviations: CTV = clinical target volume; LN = lymph node; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; P + SV = prostate and seminal vesicles; PET = positron emission tomography; PTV = planning target volume.