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. 2014 Sep 8;15(5):177–189. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i5.4921

Table 2.

Statistical analysis results for MV films and surface imaging (SI) data using the DICOM reference surface (DICOMref) for preshifts and postshifts surfaces along the anterior‐posterior (AP), craniocaudal (CC), and left‐right (LR) directions

Preshifts (mm) Postshifts (mm)
AP CC LR AP CC LR
SI ‐ Entire Surface
    Group mean 0.9 3.8 2.2 0.6 1.9 0.3
    Systematic error 3.3 3.0 4.0 2.2 2.4 3.1
    Random error 2.6 3.4 3.0 1.8 2.6 2.7
    LOA: upper bound 9.0 14.1 7.9 6.2 9.3 7.9
    LOA: lower bound
3.9
7.0
7.6
3.6
4.3
6.9
    LOA range 12.8 21.1 15.5 9.8 13.6 14.8
    Setup margin 10.2 9.8 12.0
    r 0.49 0.14 0.66
SI ‐ Breast Surface
    Group mean 0.3 1.2 3.4
0.7
1.3
1.7
    Systematic error 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.1
    Random error 2.3 2.9 4.8 2.1 3.0 2.8
    LOA: upper bound 8.3 11.2 8.8 6.4 8.3 9.9
    LOA: lower bound
4.3
10.7
6.3
6.6
10.1
6.1
    LOA range 12.6 21.9 15.1 13.0 18.4 15.9
    Setup margin 9.2 8.3 10.9
    r 0.47
0.07
0.69
    MV Films
    Group mean
1.0
0.1
2.7
    Systematic error 1.5 4.8 3.8
    Random error 2.5 1.8 3.5
    Setup margin 5.4 13.4 12.1