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Table 2 Deviations between expected and actual angle/position for DTRT deliveries

From: Organ-at-risk sparing with dynamic trajectory radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: comparison with volumetric arc therapy on a publicly available library of cases

Axis

Root-mean-square (RMS) difference

Maximum difference

Correlation between speed and deviation

Gantry angle (°)

0.02

0.13

0.16, p <  < 0.01

Table angle (°)

0.12

0.16

 < -0.99, p <  < 0.01

Collimator angle (°)

0.03

0.17

 < -0.99, p <  < 0.01

 

RMS deviation over all moving leaves

 

Mean RMS

Max RMS

 

MLC leaves position (mm)

0.17

0.28

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