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 |