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. 2022 Aug 26;17:150. doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-02119-x

Table 1.

CTV, PTV and OARs objectives implementation in the RapidPlan model

Structure Constraint type Volume Dose Priority
PTV and CTV Upper 0% 101% Generated
Lower 100% 99.0% Generated
Lungs Upper 20% Generated Generated
Mean Generated Generated
Line Generated Generated Generated
Breasts Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Heart Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Oesophagus Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Stomach Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Bowel bag Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Kidneys Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Spinal cord Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated
Liver Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD Generated Generated Generated
Spleen Upper gEUD 35.0 (#) Generated Generated
Upper gEUD 1.0 (#) Generated Generated
line Generated Generated Generated

Heart, breasts, stomach, kidneys, liver and spleen were modelled and trained separately if ipsi- or if contra-lateral. For the lungs, only the contralateral volume was considered

CTV: clinical target volume; PTV: planning target volume; gEUD: generalized equivalent uniform dose; (#) the α parameter of gEUD; α  = 1 correspond to the mean dose while α  = 35 acts on the high dose region, in proximity of the near-to-maximum dose