Table II.

Plan parameter comparisons for AUTO BAO and REF plans.

		REF		AUTO BAO		AUTO BAO ‐ REF
		Mean	(min, max)	Mean	(min, max)	$\mathrm{\Delta }$	(min, max)	P
PTV	${\mathrm{D}}_{98\%}$	34.7	(29.3, 36.8)	35.3	(32.5, 36.5)	0.6	(−1.1, 3.1)	<0.001
	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	60.2	(56.0, 61.8)	59.5	(53.8, 62.5)	−0.7	(−5.0, 2.6)	0.03
Urethra	${\mathrm{D}}_{5\text{\%}}$	40.5	(38.8, 41.5)	40.1	(38.7, 41.7)	−0.4	(−1.5, 1.8)	0.005
	${\mathrm{D}}_{10\text{\%}}$	40.0	(38.4, 41.1)	39.7	(38.5, 41.3)	−0.4	(−1.5, 1.7)	0.005
	${\mathrm{D}}_{50\text{\%}}$	38.6	(35.1, 39.9)	38.1	(35.8, 39.8)	−0.6	(−1.8, 1.2)	<0.001
Rectum	${\mathrm{V}}_{32.3\text{Gy}}$	0.5	(0.0, 1.0)	0.5	(0.0, 1.0)	0.0	(−0.5, 0.5)	0.5
	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	35.5	(32.8, 37.0)	36.4	(27.9, 38.0)	0.8	(−7.2, 3.2)	<0.001
	${\mathrm{D}}_{\text{mean}}$	7.2	(4.7, 9.5)	7.1	(4.2, 10.4)	−0.2	(−3.6, 2.4)	0.4
Mucosa	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	24.8	(20.7, 27.2)	24.7	(11.0, 28.1)	−0.0	(−13.1, 6.8)	0.3
Bladder	${\mathrm{V}}_{38\text{Gy}}$	0.3	(0.0, 0.9)	0.4	(0.0, 0.8)	0.1	(−0.3, 0.4)	0.001
	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	39.4	(37.8, 40.6)	40.0	(37.5, 41.8)	0.6	(−1.1, 2.0)	<0.001
	${\mathrm{D}}_{\text{mean}}$	9.1	(6.8, 12.9)	8.9	(5.4, 12.6)	−0.2	(−2.1, 3.1)	0.1
Entrance	${\mathrm{D}}_{1\text{cc}}$	17.3	(14.2, 19.9)	18.0	(15.3, 20.1)	0.7	(−2.8, 4.2)	0.02
Left FH	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	13.2	(7.4, 17.6)	13.9	(5.7, 19.6)	0.7	(−6.9, 7.8)	0.2
Right FH	${\mathrm{D}}_{0.03\text{cc}}$	15.1	(9.7, 18.6)	15.0	(7.0, 19.4)	−0.1	(−3.3, 4.3)	0.8
Conformality		0.82	(0.75, 0.88)	0.79	(0.75, 0.87)	−0.03	(−0.07, 0.02)	<0.001
Beams		48.3	(37.0, 59.0)	24.7	(22.0, 25.0)	−23.6	(−34.0, −12.0)	<0.001
Segments		98.9	(54.0, 167.0)	59.5	(40.0, 95.0)	−39.4	(−115.0, 22.0)	<0.001
MU/fx [$\times$1000]		6.1	(4.9, 8.9)	6.2	(4.9, 8.3)	0.1	(−2.7, 3.2)	0.5
ETT [min]		22.3	(17.0, 32.0)	17.1	(14.1, 22.0)	−5.3	(−15.6, 1.0)	<0.001

Doses (Dxx) are presented in Gy and volume (Vxx) in cc. Entrance dose was evaluated using ${\mathrm{D}}_{1\text{cc}}$ of a ring structure of 3 cm thickness inside the patient's external contour. FH: Femoral head, MU/fx: Monitor Units per fraction, ETT: Estimated treatment time.

Bold indicates statistically significant P‐value