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. 2021 Mar;156:23–28. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.11.027

Table 2.

DIR test data dose differences and gamma indices for DIR sCTs vs. CTs for all patients and sub-categories; cancer site and sex where dose differences are calculated as a percentage of the prescription dose.

Number of Patients Dose constraint Dose difference (%) mean (S.D) [range] Gamma Index – mean (S.D) [range]
3%/3 mm 2%/2 mm 1%/1 mm
All 44 D95% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.5 to 0.7] 100 (0.1) [99.8 to 100] 99.8 (0.1) [99.3 to 100] 99.5 (0.2) [99.0 to 100]
D50% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.6 to 0.6]
D2% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.6 to 0.7]
Rectum 27 D95% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.5 to 0.7] 100 (0.0) [99.8 to 100] 99.8 (0.1) [99.5 to 100] 99.5 (0.2) [99.0 to 100]
D50% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.6 to 0.6]
D2% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.6 to 0.6]
Anus 17 D95% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.5] 99.9 (0.1) [99.8 to 100] 99.7 (0.2) [99.3 to 100] 99.4 (0.2) [99.0 to 99.9]
D50% 0.2 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.5]
D2% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.5]
Male 22 D95% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.5] 99.9 (0.1) [99.8 to 100] 99.8 (0.1) [99.5 to 100] 99.5 (0.2) [99.1 to 99.8]
D50% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.5]
D2% 0.1 (0.2) [−0.2 to 0.4]
Female 22 D95% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.5 to 0.7] 100 (0.0) [99.8 to 100] 99.8 (0.2) [99.3 to 100] 99.4 (0.3) [99.0 to 100]
D50% 0.1 (0.3) [−0.6 to 0.6]
D2 0.1 (0.4) [−0.6 to 0.7]