Table 3:
Number of times a constraint was violated in an adaptive plan.
| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 7 | Case 8 | Case 9 | Case 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment site | Larynx (true vocal cord) | Larynx (true vocal cord) | Oropharynx (base of tongue) | Orbit | Hypopharynx (pyriform sinus) | Oropharynx (tonsil) | Nasosinus | Larynx (true vocal cord) | Oral cavity (oral tongue) | Oropharynx (tonsil) |
| Total number of MR-linac fractions | 24 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 33 |
| CTV (high dose) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| PTV (high dose) | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Parotid (ipsi) | • | • | 26*† | 0 | 0 | 29*† | 0 | • | 31*† | 7 |
| Parotid (contra) | • | • | 26*† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • | 2 | 0 |
| Cochlea (ipsi) | • | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | • | 14† | 2 |
| Cochlea (contra) | • | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | • | 0 | 0 |
| Brainstem | • | • | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • | 0 | 0 |
| Spinal cord | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carotid (contra) | 0 | 0 | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | • | • |
| Brachial plexus (ipsi) | • | • | 1 | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 0 |
| Brachial plexus (contra) | • | • | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | 0 |
constraint was not used for optimization
constraint was not met in initial reference plan
constraint was not met in summation plan