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. 2015 Mar 8;16(2):279–290. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v16i2.5265

Table 3.

Measured setup errors (fractions 1–5), residual setup errors (fractions 6–10), and number of corrections of the FVCPFAL2.5mm protocol applied in WBRT‐LN (N=20)

AP ML SI
No Offline Correction FVCP No Offline Correction FAL No Offline Correction FAL
Threshold Σ (mm) 0.0 2.5 2.5
μP (mm)
5.8
0.5
0.6
0.4
1.8
0.3
ΣP (mm) 6.0 2.0 2.9 1.3 2.5 2.7
σP (mm) 5.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.1
PTV (mm) 19 7 9 5 8 9
Number of corrections 0 20 0 11 0 7

FVCPFAL2.5mm= fixed vertical couch position – fixed‐action–level protocol with 2.5 mm correction threshold; WBRTLN= whole‐breast radiotherapy with additional lymph node irradiation; AP= anteroposterior; ML= mediolateral; SI= superior‐inferior; μP= population mean setup error; ΣP= systematic setup error; σP= random setup error; PTV= planning target volume.