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. 2015 Nov 14;21(1):57–62. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.10.005

Table 4.

CTV–PTV margin for oesophageal cancer according to image modality used for the three orthogonal directions.

Direction setup (cm) σsetup (mm) Msetup (cm) Author
Planar image
 Vertical 0.12 0.24 0.5 Hawkins et al.a
0.32 0.19 0.94 This study
 Longitudinal 0.27 0.33 0.9 Hawkins et al.a
0.36 0.22 1.05 This study
 Lateral 0.19 0.29 0.7 Hawkins et al.a
0.26 0.17 0.76 This study



CBCT
 Vertical 0.4 0.1 0.8 Yamashita et al.
0.14 0.20 0.5 Hawkins et al.
0.2 0.16 0.61 Yang et al.
0.20 0.18 0.61 This study
 Longitudinal 0.38 0.41 1.23 Yamashita et al.
0.17 0.39 0.7 Hawkins et al.
0.4 0.1 0.8 Yang et al.
0.21 0.22 0.67 This study
 Lateral 0.2 0 5 Yamashita et al.
0.13 0.26 0.5 Hawkins et al.
0.23 0.24 0.75 Yang et al.
0.31 0.18 0.89 This study
a

CTV–PTV margins calculated based on MV portal images.