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. 2016;4(3):213–223.

Table 2.

Summary of intra-user and inter-user studies performed using both phantoms in three different configurations. Due to the experimental setup, the expected mean offset was 5.00 mm in each case. For the difference in the superior direction, the data from both coronal and sagittal films was averaged. Note that the difference between the mean offsets as measured by both phantoms in all scenarios considered never exceeded 0.15 mm.

  Anterior of Film Center Superior of Film Center Left of Film Center
Phantom Framed/ Frameless IGRT Type Type of Investigation Mean Offset (mm) Std Dev (mm) Mean Offset (mm) Std Dev (mm) Mean Offset (mm) Std Dev (mm)
Lucy Framed None Interuser 4.53 0.25 4.48 0.22 5.36 0.26
StereoPHAN Framed None Interuser 4.59 0.11 4.49 0.19 5.50 0.25
Lucy Framed None Intrauser 4.51 0.12 4.61 0.11 5.19 0.12
StereoPHAN Framed None Intrauser 4.49 0.11 4.53 0.10 5.12 0.08
Lucy Frameless ExacTrac Interuser 4.55 0.11 4.52 0.13 4.66 0.13
StereoPHAN Frameless ExacTrac Interuser 4.44 0.12 4.45 0.15 4.65 0.10
Lucy Frameless ExacTrac Intrauser 4.52 0.13 4.57 0.15 4.72 0.12
StereoPHAN Frameless ExacTrac Intrauser 4.49 0.12 4.52 0.15 4.72 0.11
Lucy Frameless kV CBCT Interuser 4.47 0.15 4.69 0.13 4.78 0.12
StereoPHAN Frameless kV CBCT Interuser 4.46 0.12 4.61 0.13 4.81 0.14
Lucy Frameless kV CBCT Intrauser 4.45 0.15 4.66 0.10 4.85 0.12
StereoPHAN Frameless kV CBCT Intrauser 4.42 0.11 4.59 0.12 4.82 0.11