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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pract Radiat Oncol. 2021 Mar 2;11(4):282–298. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.02.007

Table 6.

Summary of some of the limited reported commercial DIR results in the abdomen/pelvis (liver) for common commercial algorithms for CT-CT (or 4DCT) registration

Data set No. of cases Software [no. of institutions] Results
Fukumitsu et al27 Patient — pre/post treatment CT 24 MIM [1]
Velocity [1]
TRE mean (fiducials): (noncontrast/contrast CT) 9.3 ± 9.9 mm/7.4 ± 7.7 mm
11.0 ± 10.0 mm/8.9 ± 7.2 mm
Velec et al39 Patient — 4DCT 10 Raystation (Biomechanical) [1]
Raystation (Hybrid intensity) [1]
Raystation (Biomechanical) [1]
Raystation (Hybrid intensity) [1]
Mean DTA for:* kidneys, stomach, spleen, liver 1.5, 1.9, 0.7, 0.8 mm
0.7, 1.3, 0.1, 0.3 mm
Mean TRE for liver (vessels POI)*:
2.6 mm
3.3 mm
Ribeiro et al51 Patient — synthetic 4DCT (derived from 4D MRI DVF and exhale CT) 9 (3 patients × 3 DVFs) Raystation (Hybrid Intensity) [1]
Raystation (Biomechanical) [1]
Mirada
Mean proton field-specific geometric error (mm) for 3 DVFs:
1.05, 2.44, 2.84
1.01, 2.34, 2.66
0.74, 1.93, 2.34

Abbreviations: 4D = 4-dimensional; CT = computed tomography; DIR = deformable image registration; DVF = deformation vector field; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; TRE = target registration error.

*

Value estimated from figure.

Used as a controlling structure in DIR.