Table 3.
Interpatient and interfraction averages and SDs of efficiency, as computed by mCycle versus manual plans
| MUs |
Segments |
Optimization time, s |
Delivery time, s |
PR (3 mm, 3%) |
PR (2 mm, 2%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mCycle | Manual | mCycle | Manual | mCycle | Manual | mCycle | Manual | mCycle | Manual | Mcycle | Manual | |
| Mean | 2477 | 2118 | 81.2 | 80.4 | 470.6 | 676.6 | 505.8 | 463.3 | 99.5 | 99.8 | 94.9 | 95.9 |
| SD | 147.7 | 156.1 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 106.1 | 294.8 | 43.6 | 34.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| p1 value | <.001* | <.019* | .950 | .432 | ||||||||
| P2 value | .707 | <.001* | ||||||||||
Abbreviations: MU = monitor unit; PR = passing rate; SD = standard deviation.
These values include all 50 plans (bold values) in the case of MUs, segments, and delivery time and a subgroup of 10 couples of plans (20 plans) in the case of the optimization time and the 2 deliverability metrics. P values from hypothesis testing are reported0, where p1 is referring to a U test and p2 to a t test. Rejection of the null hypothesis at the 5% significance level is indicated with boldface and *.