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. 2022 Jan 27;23(4):e13539. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13539

TABLE 3.

Comparison of dosimetric indices for normalized Ethos and Eclipse plans. PTV coverage in the Ethos plans match their Eclipse counterpart. p‐Value is calculated using Eclipse plan as a reference

Ethos Eclipse
9‐fld IMRT σ p‐Value 12‐fld IMRT σ p‐Value 2‐fld VMAT σ p‐Value Ecl. reopt. 2‐fld VMAT σ p‐Value 2‐fld VMAT σ
D max% 108.1 1.2 0.01 108.4 1.6 0.29 109.6 2.0 0.03 110.1 1.7 ≤ 0.001 108.8 1.4
CTV V 100% (%) 99.9 0.3 0.01 99.9 0.3 0.01 99.8 0.4 0.03 99.8 0.3 0.05 99.5 0.8
Bladder V 79Gy (%) 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0 N/A 0.0 0.0
Bladder V 74Gy (%) 0.2 0.4 0.47 0.3 0.5 0.60 0.3 0.7 0.89 0.6 1.1 0.36 0.4 1.1
Bladder V 69Gy (%) 4.6 2.9 0.88 4.5 2.9 0.65 4.6 3.3 0.73 4.6 3.3 0.80 4.6 3.8
Bladder V 64Gy (%) 6.9 3.9 0.59 6.8 3.9 0.98 6.5 4.4 0.34 6.5 4.2 0.33 6.8 5.0
Rectum V 74Gy (%) 0.0 0.2 0.67 0.0 0.1 0.71 0.0 0.1 0.64 0.1 0.2 0.24 0.0 0.1
Rectum V 69Gy (%) 1.7 1.6 0.04 1.7 1.6 0.05 1.8 1.7 0.15 1.7 1.6 0.04 2.0 1.8
Rectum V 64Gy (%) 3.3 2.6 0.37 3.2 2.6 0.12 3.3 2.6 0.24 3.2 2.6 0.11 3.5 2.9
Rectum V 59Gy (%) 5.0 3.5 0.92 4.7 3.5 0.38 4.9 3.5 0.67 4.8 3.5 0.47 5.0 3.9
Penile bulb mean dose (%) 30.8 13.7 ≤ 0.001 30.6 14.0 ≤ 0.001 27.4 13.3 ≤ 0.001 26.2 13.6 ≤ 0.001 19.4 12.1
Bladder max dose (%) 106.7 1.2 0.07 106.9 1.1 0.39 108.0 1.5 0.01 108.4 1.5 ≤ 0.001 107.2 1.6
Rectum max dose (%) 100.9 8.7 0.04 101.1 8.3 0.09 101.7 9.1 0.47 101.9 9.4 0.72 102.2 8.5