TABLE 1. Comparison Between Intra- and Inter-Fractional Variations.
Variation Type | Intra-fraction | Inter-fraction |
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Time of Occurrence | During a single fraction [17], [19]–[23] | Between different fractions [19], [20], [22], [23] |
Time Scale | Seconds to minutes [18] | Hours or day-to-day level [17], [18], [21] |
Motion Coverage | Internal organ motion, breathing, swallowing [21], [22] | Position changes of patients, patient weight gain/loss, internal organ motion, breathing, swallowing [21], [22] |