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. 2019 Nov 19;20(12):87–96. doi: 10.1002/acm2.12767

Table 1.

Target volume generation following Section 2.A and 2.B of RTOG 1005.

Target volume Definition
GTV_Lumpectomy Drawn by physicians
CTV_Lumpectomy Expand GTV_Lumpectomy by 1 cm in all directions, limited posteriorly to the pectoralis major, anterolaterally to 5 mm from the skin and medially to the midline
PTV_Lumpectomy Expand CTV_Lumpectomy by 7 mm in all directions, excluding the heart
PTVeval_Lumpectomy PTV_Lumpectomy within ipsilateral breast tissue and 5 mm from the skin
CTV_Breast Drawn by physicians, OR, Breast tissue, segmented based on the HU threshold, within the volume defined by boundary points
PTV_Breast Expand CTV_breast by 7 mm in all directions, excluding the heart and not crossing the midline
PTVeval_Breast PTV_breast limited posteriorly to ribs and anterolaterally to 5 mm from the skin
PTVeval_Breastopt The intersection of PTVeval_Breast and the volume under beam contracted 5mm uniformly. This volume was used for optimization only