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. 2017 Oct 11;16(6):1120–1129. doi: 10.1177/1533034617735454

Table 3.

Effect of Spatial Offset Toward the X Direction on Plan Quality Metrics for 5 Target Sizes.

Target Size X-Offset (mm) D95 (Gy) Difference (%) Paddick’s CI Difference (%)
5 mm 0.0 20.0 - 0.65 -
0.5 19.8 −0.8 0.63 −2.4
1.0 18.7 −6.7 0.53 −18.6
1.5 18.5 −7.5 0.48 −26.3
2.0 15.9 −20.6 0.26 −59.7
2.5 15.6 −22.0 0.23 −65.1
3.0 12.8 −36.1 0.10 −85.2
10 mm 0.0 20.0 - 0.77 -
0.5 19.5 −2.7 0.74 −3.3
1.0 19.1 −4.4 0.70 −8.5
1.5 17.8 −10.9 0.60 −21.9
2.0 17.3 −13.5 0.53 −31.2
2.5 15.5 −22.4 0.44 −42.7
3.0 14.9 −25.3 0.38 −51.1
20 mm 0.0 20.0 - 0.93 -
0.5 19.7 −1.8 0.88 −4.7
1.0 19.2 −3.8 0.84 −9.4
1.5 18.4 −8.0 0.78 −15.4
2.0 17.6 −11.8 0.73 −21.4
2.5 16.7 −16.7 0.68 −26.6
3.0 15.7 −21.3 0.63 −32.0
30 mm 0.0 20.0 - 0.93 -
0.5 19.9 −0.5 0.92 −1.7
1.0 19.7 −1.4 0.90 −3.8
1.5 19.3 −3.5 0.86 −7.7
2.0 18.7 −6.3 0.83 −11.2
2.5 17.8 −11.1 0.79 −15.6
3.0 17.3 −13.7 0.75 −19.0
50 mm 0.0 20.0 - 0.94 -
0.5 19.9 −0.3 0.93 −1.0
1.0 19.8 −0.9 0.91 −3.2
1.5 19.6 −2.0 0.89 −5.5
2.0 19.3 −3.4 0.87 −7.7
2.5 19.0 −5.0 0.85 −10.3
3.0 18.7 −6.7 0.83 −12.4

Abbreviation: CI, conformity index.