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. 2016 Jan 8;4:4300112. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2016.2516005

TABLE 1. Comparison Between Intra- and Inter-Fractional Variations.

Variation Type Intra-fraction Inter-fraction
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]