Table 2. The detailed data of marker motion during free-breathing and inter-CBCT session marker displacement using breath-hold.
Location | Range | Median absolute maximum amplitudes (IQR) | The 95th percentile values of marker motion | |
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Marker motion during free-breathing | ||||
Ut | RL | -2.5 to 5.5 | 1.7(1.4) | 3.5 |
AP | -3.1 to 3.3 | 2.0 (1.5) | 2.3 | |
SI | -9.1 to 1.1 | 3.6 (4.1) | 6.5 | |
Mt | RL | -1.6 to 2.2 | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.7 |
AP | -2.3 to 2.5 | 1.4 (1.2) | 2.1 | |
SI | -16.4 to 2.0 | 4.8 (3.6) | 8.3 | |
Lt | RL | -4 to 1.8 | 1.8 (0.8) | 3.5 |
AP | -6.3 to 0.7 | 1.9 (2.0) | 4.2 | |
SI | -15.9 to 0.6 | 8.0 (4.5) | 12.6 | |
Inter-CBCT session marker displacement using breath-hold | ||||
Ut | RL | -2.0 to 3.3 | 1.3 (1.0) | 1.9 |
AP | -1.7 to 2.4 | 1.1 (0.7) | 1.4 | |
SI | -4.1 to 5.2 | 3.3 (1.8) | 3.9 | |
Mt | RL | -2.6 to 1.4 | 0.7 (0.7) | 1.5 |
AP | -1.7 to 1.9 | 1.1 (0.4) | 1.4 | |
SI | -4.4 to 5.6 | 3.4(1.4) | 4.5 | |
Lt | RL | -4.7 to 5.2 | 2.0 (0.8) | 2.5 |
AP | -3.5 to 2.1 | 2.6 (2.2) | 3.1 | |
SI | -5.7 to 5.2 | 3.5 (1.8) | 4.1 |
Ut: upper thoracic esophagus, Mt: middle thoracic esophagus, Lt: lower thoracic esophagus /esophagogastric junction, IQR: interquartile range, RL: right–left on the x-axis, AP: anterior–posterior on the y-axis, SI: superior-inferior on the z-axis