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Table 3 Comparison of total errors observed in patients receiving postoperative radiotherapy to the prostate

From: Total error shift patterns for daily CT on rails image-guided radiotherapy to the prostate bed

   

Mean magnitude (mm)

Standard deviation (mm)

Series

Modality

patients/images

LR

CC/(SI)

AP

LR

CC (SI)

AP

Sandhu et al. 7

KV orthogonal

26/384

3.9

5.3

3.8

5.9

8.1

5.5

Ost et al. 12

CBCT

15/547

2.9

1.9

3.1

2.2

1.6

2.3

Simpson et al. 13

kV planar

27/725

3.9

3.8

4.8

2.8

1.9

3.2

 

CBCT

23/752

2.8

1.8

3.2

3.5

3.7

4.4

present study

CT

17/661

2.9

3.8

4.7

2.5

3.0

3.3

   

Average (mm)

Standard deviation (mm)

Series

Modality

patients/images

LR

CC/(SI)

AP

LR

CC (SI)

AP

Schiffner et al. 11

EPID

10/163

0.2

1.2

-0.3

4.5

5.1

4.5

Ost et al. 12

CBCT

15/547

1.5

-0.5

1.7

3.3

2.4

3.4

present study

CT

17/661

-0.6

-1.1

-2.2

3.8

4.7

5.3

  1. Negative shifts are in the right, inferior or anterior directions.
  2. Abbreviations: LR = left-right axis; CC = cranial-caudal axis = SI = superior-inferior axis; AP = anterior-posterior axis. KV = kilovoltage, EPID = electronic portal imaging device; CBCT = cone-beam computed tomography; CT = computed tomography
  3. The average error is the average of all measurements in a given direction. The mean magnitude is the average of the absolute values of all the measurements in a given direction.