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Table 4 Average and standard deviations values for CBCT shifts for all fractions

From: Evaluating organ delineation, dose calculation and daily localization in an open-MRI simulation workflow for prostate cancer patients

 

CT registered to CBCT

MRI registered to CBCT

 

AP (cm)

SI (cm)

LR (cm)

AP (cm)

SI (cm)

LR (cm)

Patient 1

0.21 ± 0.28

0.04 ± 0.25

0.04 ± 0.29

−0.07 ± 0.25

0.11 ± 0.11

0.03 ± 0.27

Patient 2

0.49 ± 0.30

−0.02 ± 0.54

0.07 ± 0.36

0.44 ± 0.28

0.03 ± 0.54

0.04 ± 0.33

Patient 3

0.04 ± 0.61

0.06 ± 0.53

0.06 ± 0.51

0.01 ± 0.76

0.23 ± .58

0.01 ± 0.48

Patient 4

0.10 ± 0.23

0.18 ± 0.24

−0.08 ± 0.26

0.02 ± 0.15

0.02 ± 0.15

0.00 ± 0.00

Patient 5

0.17 ± 0.32

0.28 ± 0.22

−0.06 ± 0.36

0.27 ± 0.47

0.42 ± 0.27

−0.15 ± 0.38

Patient 6

0.26 ± 0.42

0.02 ± 0.24

0.16 ± 0.19

−0.02 ± 0.33

0.10 ± 0.20

0.10 ± 0.18

Patient 7

−0.06 ± 0.49

−0.18 ± 0.88

0.11 ± 0.64

−0.63 ± 0.49

−0.11 ± 0.86

0.15 ± 0.64

Patient 9

−0.33 ± 0.28

−0.10 ± 0.16

0.30 ± 0.25

−0.28 ± 0.29

−0.02 ± 0.11

0.29 ± 0.27

Patient 10

0.36 ± 0.30

0.05 ± 0.15

−0.32 ± 0.31

0.19 ± 0.29

0.04 ± 0.14

−0.31 ± 0.33

M

0.14

0.04

0.03

−0.01

0.09

0.02

Σ

0.24

0.14

0.17

0.31

0.15

0.17

σ

0.38

0.43

0.38

0.41

0.41

0.36

Margin

0.87

0.64

0.69

1.06

0.66

0.68

Margin †

0.85

0.53

0.67

0.84

0.57

0.64

  1. M is the mean group error, Σ is the inter-patient uncertainty and σ is the inter-fraction uncertainty. The sigma values are used to calculate the needed CTV-PTV margin using the van Herk formalism.
  2. † Margin not including patient 7, see discussion section.