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Table 4 Shifts in the center of mass (COM) of utero-cervical axis with variable bladder filling

From: Dosimetric impact of variable bladder filling on IMRT planning for locally advanced carcinoma cervix

Shifts

Differential bladder filling

Uterus

PLAN70

PLAN50

PLAN0

X-axis*

− 0.11 + 0.45

− 0.13 + 0.54

− 0.14 + 0.69

Y-axis^

0.48 + 0.48

0.66 + 0.39

1.20 + 0.45

Z-axis#

− 0.15 + 0.20

− 0.37 + 0.27

− 0.64 + 0.42

Cervix

PLAN70

PLAN50

PLAN0

X-axis

− 0.22 + 0.25

− 0.33 + 0.31

0.05 + 0.51

Y-axis

0.41 + 0.64

0.47 + 0.45

0.52 + 0.58

Z-axis

− 0.10 + 0.21

− 0.26 + 0.29

− 0.41 + 0.27

  1. *Left-right lateral
  2. ^Superior-inferior axis
  3. #Antero-posterior axis