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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2010 Jan 7;55(1):305–327. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/1/018

Table 4.

Spatial accuracy performance of the two algorithms CPP and 4DLTM.

Patient Number of landmarks Algorithm Average spatial error of image registration

3D-Euclidean Right-left Anterior-posterior Superior-inferior
1 1280 CPP 1.07 (1.10) 0.32 (0.49) 0.34 (0.51) 0.61 (1.12)
4DLTM 0.97 (1.02) 0.32 (0.49) 0.34 (0.50) 0.49 (1.01)
p-value 1.36e-4
2 1487 CPP 0.99 (1.12) 0.35 (0.57) 0.36 (0.62) 0.49 (1.02)
4DLTM 0.86 (1.08) 0.31 (0.55) 0.32 (0.60) 0.38 (0.95)
p-value 5.91e-10
3 1561 CPP 1.23 (1.32) 0.38 (0.59) 0.40 (0.64) 0.73 (1.29)
4DLTM 1.01 (1.17) 0.37 (0.58) 0.36 (0.61) 0.48 (1.09)
p-value 0
4 1166 CPP 1.51 (1.58) 0.52 (0.74) 0.58 (0.80) 0.81 (1.52)
4DLTM 1.40 (1.57) 0.52 (0.76) 0.54 (0.79) 0.70 (1.48)
p-value 2.93e-5
5 1268 CPP 1.95 (2.02) 0.64 (0.92) 0.69 (0.88) 1.24 (1.96)
4DLTM 1.67 (1.79) 0.58 (0.82) 0.69 (0.96) 0.92 (1.66)
p-value 1.42e-13
6 419 CPP 1.94 (1.72) 0.60 (0.95) 0.59 (0.81) 1.35 (1.62)
4DLTM 1.58 (1.65) 0.54 (0.93) 0.61 (0.88) 0.93 (1.44)
p-value 2.30e-8
7 398 CPP 1.79 (1.46) 0.55 (0.64) 0.68 (0.87) 1.11 (1.49)
4DLTM 1.46 (1.29) 0.47 (0.61) 0.58 (0.70) 0.82 (1.30)
p-value 2.39e-6
8 476 CPP 1.96 (2.33) 0.64 (0.94) 0.71 (1.07) 1.25 (2.19)
4DLTM 1.77 (2.12) 0.53 (0.82) 0.68 (0.92) 1.08 (2.05)
p-value 2.43e-3
9 342 CPP 1.33 (1.17) 0.41 (0.56) 0.59 (0.70) 0.67 (1.17)
4DLTM 1.19 (1.12) 0.41 (0.57) 0.51 (0.62) 0.57 (1.10)
p-value 6.31e-3
10 435 CPP 1.84 (1.90) 0.48 (0.66) 0.71 (0.89) 1.21 (1.89)
4DLTM 1.59 (1.87) 0.45 (0.66) 0.65 (0.96) 0.95 (1.77)
p-value 1.86e-5
Avg CPP 1.44 (1.54) 0.46 (0.70) 0.51 (0.75) 0.85 (1.49)
4DLTM 1.25 (1.43) 0.43 (0.67) 0.48 (0.74) 0.65 (1.34)
p-value 0.001953

Spatial errors presented in millimeters with standard deviation (SD) in parentheses. The Wilcoxon rank sum test was performed as described above, with corresponding p-values shown. Abbreviations: Avg=average, CPP=incremental 3D local compressible flow, 4DLTM= 4D local compressible flow.