Number of Fractions and Residual Systematic Error
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Limited number of fractions results in a residual shift of the dose distribution
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Residual error
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Error after 35 fractions = 0.1 mm
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Error after 5 fractions = -1.6 mm
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
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Error (mm)
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