Table 2 Treatment component times are presented for each fraction
Treatment component | Fraction 1 | Fraction 2 | Fraction 3 | Fraction 4 | Fraction 5 | Mean | Standard deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient setup | 18 | 9 | 17 | 10 | N/R | 13.5 | 4.7 |
CBCT time | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
Contouring | 39 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 8.7 |
Plan re-optimization | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5.8 | 1.6 |
Plan review | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Quality assurance | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
Pre-treatment CBCT | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1.6 |
Beam delivery | 26 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15.6 | 7.8 |
Patient exit | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
Total | 86 | 79 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 70 | 11.7 |