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Table 5 Range of misrepresentation of the centroid of the 10- and 31.5-mm diameter targets.

From: Phantom investigation of 3D motion-dependent volume aliasing during CT simulation for radiation therapy planning

Target Diameter (mm)

S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm)

Centroid mis-placement (mm), single-slice fast scan CT

  

S-I

A-P

R-L

  

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

10

5

-0.8

6.2

0.2

1.0

0.6

1.2

 

10

-1.1

5.2

0.3

2.2

0.7

1.8

 

15

-0.7

7.0

0.2

1.4

1.6

3.0

31.5

5

-2.2

5.2

-0.2

0.2

-0.1

0.6

 

10

-2.7

4.2

-0.3

1.4

0.4

1.6

 

15

-2.5

8.8

-0.5

1.0

0.1

1.2

Target Diameter (mm)

S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm)

Centroid mis-placement (mm), multi-slice fast scan CT

  

S-I

A-P

R-L

  

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

10

5

1.1

4.6

0.0

1.4

0.5

0.6

 

10

0.4

3.0

0.0

1.4

0.4

1.2

 

15

0.4

5.4

0.1

1.6

0.2

1.0

31.5

5

0.5

3.4

0.3

0.8

0.7

0.8

 

10

1.2

5.4

0.1

1.0

1.1

1.2

 

15

2.0

5.4

-0.4

0.8

0.8

1.2

Target Diameter (mm)

S-I Motion Amplitude ± (mm)

Centroid mis-placement (mm), single-slice slow scan CT

  

S-I

A-P

R-L

  

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

10

5

-0.2

1.8

1.2

2.4

2.4

2.8

 

10

-0.9

2.6

3.3

1.4

4.2

1.8

 

15

-1.3

1.4

5.9

3.6

7.1

3.6

31.5

5

-2.2

3.4

0.0

1.0

1.3

3.6

 

10

-1.8

2.6

0.0

2.4

0.8

2.2

 

15

-2.8

2.4

0.9

3.4

1.6

2.4

  1. From top to bottom, the tables were generated from single-slice fast (or 1-sec), multi-slice fast (or 1-sec), and single-slice slow (or 4-sec) scan acquisition techniques, respectively. Ranges were computed for three known motion amplitudes.