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. 2022 Jul 22;12:907181. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.907181

Table 4.

P values for three techniques comparison using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Structures Metric Conventional P Value After Setup Error P Value
VMAT VS IMRT IMRT VS
H-VMAT
VMAT VS H-VMAT VMAT VS IMRT IMRT VS
H-VMAT
VMAT VS H-VMAT
CTV D5000cGy(%) ≤.001** ≤.086 ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.428
V105(%) ≤.611 ≤.012* ≤.044* ≤.171 ≤.019* ≤.324
D2cc (cGy) ≤.009* ≤.012* ≤.001** ≤.029* ≤.001** ≤.001**
Heart V20(%) ≤.006* ≤.152 ≤.001** ≤.370 ≤.256 ≤.044*
V30(%) ≤.001** ≤.166 ≤.001** ≤.038* ≤.264 ≤.002*
D mean (cGy) ≤.007* ≤.936 ≤.009* ≤.158 ≤.867 ≤.213
NTCP (%) ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001**
LAD Dmean (cGy) ≤.001** ≤.344 ≤.138 ≤.013* ≤.043* ≤.044*
LV Dmean (cGy) ≤.001** ≤.445 ≤. 092 ≤.039* ≤.003* ≤. 871
Ipsilateral Lung V5(%) ≤.001** ≤.005* ≤.011* ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.582
V20(%) ≤.001** ≤.287 ≤.001** ≤.032* ≤.841 ≤.019*
V30(%) ≤.001** ≤.006* ≤.001** ≤.028* ≤.033* ≤.949
Dmean (cGy) ≤.001** ≤.244 ≤.001** ≤.077 ≤.858 ≤.052
Lungs V5(%) ≤.032* ≤.017* ≤.809 ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.543
V20(%) ≤.006* ≤.251 ≤.100 ≤.112 ≤.247 ≤.007*
Dmean (cGy) ≤.001** ≤.003* ≤.197 ≤.009* ≤.076 ≤.390
NTCP (%) ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001**
Contralateral Lung V5(%) ≤.002* ≤.241 ≤.006* ≤.119 ≤.487 ≤.383
V20(%) ≤.001** ≤.045* ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.017*
Dmean (cGy) ≤.110 ≤.685 ≤.046* ≤.133 ≤.836 ≤.088
Contralateral Breast V5(%) ≤.817 ≤.205 ≤.046* ≤.508 ≤.836 ≤.605
Dmean (cGy) ≤.024* ≤.081 ≤.059 ≤.001** ≤.334 ≤.018*
SCCP (%) ≤.024* ≤.081 ≤.059 ≤.024* ≤.340 ≤.185
MUs ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.379
TD Time(s) ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.873
MF ≤.001** ≤.001** ≤.388

*The P-value is lower than 0.05.

** The P-value is lower than 0.001.