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Table 3 Calculation of total M PTV (mm) before and after the correction of the 6DoF couch

From: Positioning accuracy during VMAT of gynecologic malignancies and the resulting dosimetric impact by a 6-degree-of-freedom couch in combination with daily kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography

Directions

Pre-correction

Post-correction

TDBA

total

σ total

M PTV

total

σ total

M PTV

ML

2.4

2.3

7.6

0.6

0.8

2.0

5.6

SI

2.5

3.1

8.3

0.8

1.1

2.9

5.4

AP

1.6

2.5

5.6

0.5

0.7

1.8

3.8

  1. Abbreviations: the SD of all patients’ M, σ the root mean square of all patients’ SD, TDBA the differences in MPTV before and after correction, Before the correction, ∑total 2 = (∑initial inter-fraction)2 + (∑intra-fraction)2, σtota 2 = (σinitial inter-fraction)2 + (σintra-fraction)2; After the correction, ∑total 2 = (∑residual inter-fraction)2 + (∑intra-fraction)2, σtotal 2 = (σresidual inter-fraction)2 + (σintra-fraction)2. Other abbreviations as in Table 2.