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. 2019 Dec 23;14:235. doi: 10.1186/s13014-019-1441-7

Table 2.

Textural features calculated from fluence maps of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans with various treatment sites

Textural feature d Trilogy
H&N (N = 40) Prostate (PP) (N = 40) Prostate (BP) (N = 40) Liver (N = 11) Spine (N = 9)
ASM (✕10− 3) 1 1.06 ± 0.33 1.66 ± 0.31 2.12 ± 0.34 1.34 ± 0.39 1.58 ± 0.32
5 0.82 ± 0.23 1.94 ± 0.38 2.55 ± 0.54 1.32 ± 0.63 1.61 ± 0.59
10 0.97 ± 0.37 2.98 ± 0.86 6.37 ± 2.92 1.91 ± 1.46 2.34 ± 1.09
IDM 1 0.30 ± 0.04 0.25 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.03 0.28 ± 0.04
5 0.16 ± 0.02 0.11 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.02
10 0.12 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01
Contrast (✕103) 1 0.11 ± 0.04 0.30 ± 0.08 0.51 ± 0.11 0.20 ± 0.11 0.20 ± 0.07
5 0.41 ± 0.13 1.30 ± 0.35 1.44 ± 0.32 0.89 ± 0.33 0.78 ± 0.11
10 0.62 ± 0.19 2.28 ± 0.63 3.03 ± 0.57 1.46 ± 0.54 1.25 ± 0.28
Variance (✕10) 1 3.84 ± 0.50 4.50 ± 0.55 5.04 ± 0.34 4.92 ± 0.37 4.42 ± 0.31
5 3.98 ± 0.52 5.13 ± 0.59 5.17 ± 0.40 5.09 ± 0.42 4.51 ± 0.35
10 4.01 ± 0.54 5.14 ± 0.63 5.60 ± 0.54 5.15 ± 0.41 4.64 ± 0.38
Correlation 1 0.93 ± 0.02 0.88 ± 0.03 0.80 ± 0.04 0.92 ± 0.05 0.90 ± 0.03
5 0.76 ± 0.07 0.54 ± 0.09 0.48 ± 0.08 0.67 ± 0.12 0.62 ± 0.06
10 0.64 ± 0.10 0.24 ± 0.15 0.11 ± 0.14 0.46 ± 0.21 0.45 ± 0.06
Entropy 1 3.21 ± 0.09 2.91 ± 0.06 2.76 ± 0.07 3.06 ± 0.15 3.00 ± 0.14
5 3.33 ± 0.08 2.85 ± 0.07 2.68 ± 0.09 3.10 ± 0.23 3.02 ± 0.22
10 3.31 ± 0.09 2.67 ± 0.11 2.36 ± 0.18 3.00 ± 0.33 2.88 ± 0.30
TrueBeam STx
d Lung SABR (N = 20) Spine SABR (N = 20) Liver SABR (N = 20) Brain (N = 20) H&N (N = 20)
ASM (✕10− 3) 1 2.38 ± 0.99 1.46 ± 0.34 1.78 ± 0.62 1.51 ± 0.50 1.00 ± 0.29
5 3.02 ± 2.00 1.60 ± 0.58 1.94 ± 0.89 1.33 ± 0.60 0.63 ± 0.14
10 5.47 ± 4.24 2.05 ± 0.79 3.12 ± 2.11 1.72 ± 1.13 0.70 ± 0.18
IDM 1 0.22 ± 0.03 0.25 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.04 0.31 ± 0.03
5 0.09 ± 0.02 0.11 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.03 0.17 ± 0.02
10 0.10 ± 0.16 0.08 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.02
Contrast (✕103) 1 0.43 ± 0.20 0.19 ± 0.04 0.22 ± 0.08 0.18 ± 0.12 0.09 ± 0.02
5 1.65 ± 0.39 1.04 ± 0.22 1.18 ± 0.39 1.05 ± 0.50 0.36 ± 0.13
10 2.86 ± 1.14 1.52 ± 0.37 1.97 ± 0.91 1.71 ± 0.84 0.53 ± 0.19
Variance (✕10) 1 4.83 ± 0.32 4.43 ± 0.32 4.58 ± 0.39 4.94 ± 0.32 3.77 ± 0.37
5 5.02 ± 0.32 4.60 ± 0.32 4.75 ± 0.40 5.15 ± 0.33 3.87 ± 0.39
10 5.24 ± 1.02 4.62 ± 0.30 4.85 ± 0.42 5.24 ± 0.38 3.90 ± 0.40
Correlation 1 0.82 ± 0.08 0.90 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.03 0.92 ± 0.05 0.94 ± 0.02
5 0.34 ± 0.15 0.52 ± 0.09 0.50 ± 0.12 0.61 ± 0.18 0.77 ± 0.08
10 0.04 ± 0.19 0.30 ± 0.14 0.23 ± 0.22 0.39 ± 0.26 0.66 ± 0.12
Entropy 1 2.71 ± 0.19 3.01 ± 0.11 2.89 ± 0.19 3.03 ± 0.17 3.25 ± 0.07
5 2.65 ± 0.25 3.01 ± 0.15 2.88 ± 0.24 3.10 ± 0.24 3.42 ± 0.06
10 2.39 ± 0.52 2.92 ± 0.17 2.74 ± 0.32 3.04 ± 0.30 3.43 ± 0.06

d particular displacement distance, H&N head and neck, PP primary plan, BP boost plan, ASM angular second moment, IDM inverse difference moment, SABR stereotactic ablative radiotherapy