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Table 2 CTV-PTV margins

From: Optimizing image guidance frequency and implications on margins for gynecologic malignancies

 

CTV-PTV margin

(2.5 × Rres (systematic deviation) + 0.7 × rres (random deviation due to organ motion & set-up error)

 

v (mm)

lo (mm)

la (mm)

r (°)

Uncorrected

14.9

10.2

11.6

1.9

FFF

8.4

8.8

13.4

1.7

FTF

7.0

6.6

11.5

1.7

505

5.5

6.0

9.2

1.4

  1. The calculated minimal CTV-PTV set-up margins for the vertical (V), longitudinal (LO), lateral (LA) and angular (R) deviations for three different MVCT frequency protocols (FFF: first five fractions; FTF: first ten fractions; 505: on alternate weeks: 1st and 3rd week MVCTs).