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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Dec 28;83(4):1132–1140. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.045

Table 2.

Population geometric uncertainties (in mm) at planning and during 6-fraction SBRT evaluated with deformable image registration.

Exhale CT to Inhale CT
Exhale CT to Exhale CBCT
Exhale CBCT to Inhale CBCT
Rigid Deformation Rigid Deformation Rigid Deformation
Mean, SD SD*, RMS Mean, ΣCOM, σCOM ΣDEF, σDEF Mean, ΣCOM, σCOM ΣDEF, σDEF
GTV LR −1.3, 2.1 1.0, 1.0 0.7, 1.8, 1.7 1.0, 1.2 −1.2, 1.1, 1.1 0.5, 0.4
AP 3.7, 3.0 1.7, 0.8 −0.8, 2.2, 1.9 0.9, 1.1 2.9, 1.6, 1.5 0.6, 0.5
SI 8.8, 5.0 1.9, 1.2 −0.5, 2.6, 2.4 1.0, 1.2 7.0, 3.1, 1.6 0.7, 0.8
Liver LR −1.1, 2.0 0.5, 1.5 0.5, 1.7, 1.9 0.4, 1.6 −1.2, 1.0, 1.0 0.2, 0.7
AP 3.9, 2.3 0.4, 1.8 −0.8, 2.2, 1.9 0.4, 1.6 3.1, 1.7, 1.5 0.2, 1.0
SI 9.0, 5.2 0.5, 2.0 −0.4, 2.1, 2.4 0.3, 1.8 7.1, 3.2, 1.4 0.2, 1.2

Abbreviations: CT=computed tomography; CBCT=cone-beam CT; COM=centre-of-mass; DEF=deformation; SD=standard deviation; RMS=root mean square; Σ=group systematic error; σ=group random error; GTV=gross tumor volumes;

Notes: Positive M values are displacements in the left, anterior, inferior directions.

*

SD of each patient’s mean elements’ motion (minus liver COM).

RMS of the SD of the each patient’s elements’ motion (minus liver COM).