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. 2011 Apr 4;12(3):61–70. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i3.3422

Table 4.

Effect of rotational setup errors on target coverage in IMRT for SRT (unit: %volume).

CTVV100Rx(%)
CTVV93Rx(%)
Case # PTV Shape Original
±1°
±3°
±5°
±7°
Original
±1°
±3°
±5°
±7°
1 Irregular 99.6 99.1 95.7 87.2 76.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 92.0
2 Ellipse 99.8 99.3 95.6 88.6 77.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.3
3 Ellipse 99.2 95.8 92.7 86.1 79.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.7 92.7
4 Sphere 99.8 99.1 96.8 93.8 86.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7
5 Sphere 100.0 99.8 97.9 92.5 85.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8
6 Sphere 99.0 98.9 98.4 95.9 96.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 100.0
7 Ellipse 98.4 97.8 97.6 96.4 93.0 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.9
8 Sphere 99.2 98.3 98.0 96.3 93.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
9 Ellipse 98.6 98.8 98.7 97.9 96.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9
10 Sphere 99.0 99.0 98.2 96.7 94.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0
Average
99.3±
98.6±
97.0±
93.1±
87.8±
100.0±
100.0±
100.0±
99.6±
98.1±
0.5 1.6 2.0 4.6 14.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.7

V100Rx,V93Rx = percentage volume receiving 100% and 93% of prescribed dose, respectively.