Table 1. Patient and treatment imaging parameters that influence image quality.
Patient | No. of fractions acquired (of 40) | Stage | Prostate PTV vol (cm3) | Nodal PTV vol (cm3) | Jaw field size (cm × cm)* | Patient lateral width (cm)† | Patient vertical thickness (cm)† | Imaging frequency (Hz) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 | T3B | 134 | 507 | 13.9 × 18.0 | 35.9 | 21.1 | 10 |
2 | 23 | T1C | 117 | 356 | 13.9 × 16.2 | 38.0 | 22.0 | 10 |
3 | 29 | T3A | 159 | 246 | 14.0 × 14.0 | 34.2 | 19.9 | 5 |
4 | 25 | T1C | 248 | 0 | 12.0 × 10.1 | 41.2 | 26.7 | 10 |
5 | 24 | T1C | 327 | 0 | 14.0 × 12.7 | 33.8 | 19.5 | 5 |
6 | 30 | T2A | 170 | 0 | 12.8 × 10.6 | 36.5 | 21.8 | 10 |
7 | 25 | T2B | 108 | 590 | 14.0 × 16.8 | 37.9 | 22.9 | 10 |
8 | 30 | T1C | 218 | 0 | 11.1 × 10.6 | 36.0 | 21.4 | 10 |
9 | 28 | T1C | 138 | 0 | 10.3 × 10.0 | 34.5 | 23.1 | 5 |
10 | 28 | T3A | 126 | 333 | 14.0 × 16.1 | 33.5 | 20.4 | 5 |
All images were acquired with 125 kVp, 80 mA, 13 ms with the detector at 180 cm from the source.
Averaged over 2 treatment arcs.
As measured in the isocenter axial plane.