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Table 2 The residual errors (mm) of the chest wall and the breast surface (in parenthesis) after different alignments of the orthogonal kV setup images

From: Determination of the optimal matching position for setup images and minimal setup margins in adjuvant radiotherapy of breast and lymph nodes treated in voluntary deep inhalation breath-hold

 

Systematic error Σ

Random error σ

Margins in mm

Objects

AP/LAT direction

SI direction

AP/LAT direction

SI direction

AP/LAT direction

SI direction

Laser setup

3.5 (4.3)

4.5 (5.1)

3.6 (3.8)

4.5 (4.5)

11.3 (13.4)

14.4 (15.9)

MID_V

2.9 (3.4)

4.2 (5.5)

2.3 (2.6)

3.5 (4.1)

8.9 (10.3)

13.0 (16.6)

MID_R+UPPER_ST

1.5 (2.6)

1.9 (3.2)

2.2 (2.4)

2.6 (3.0)

5.3 (8.2)

6.6 (10.1)

MID_V+UPPER_ST

1.8 (2.9)

2.3 (3.9)

2.1 (2.4)

2.7 (3.3)

6.0 (8.9)

7.6 (12.1)

MID_V+MID_R

2.9 (3.4)

3.1 (4.4)

2.2 (2.5)

2.8 (3.3)

8.8 (10.3)

9.7 (13.3)

MID_V+UPPER_ST+MID_R

2.2 (3.1)

2.2 (3.7)

2.4 (2.3)

2.6 (3.0)

7.2 (9.4)

7.3 (11.4)

UPPER_ST

-

2.3 (3.5)

-

2.9 (3.3)

-

7.8 (11.1)

MID_R

-

2.8 (3.8)

-

3.0 (3.3)

-

9.1 (11.8)

Online match to optimal position1

1.3 (2.6)

1.8 (3.1)

2.1 (2.4)

2.2 (3.1)

4.8 (8.2)

6.0 (9.9)

  1. 1includes interobserver variation in image matching.