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Intrafractional motion

2 TYPES OF MOTION:

A: Slow drift motion

Mainly posterioly and inferiorly

Can reach large extends over long time

periods

Probably due to pelvic musculature

relaxation or/and

Gradually Moving rectal content

B: Erractic motion

Sudden and transient

Often significant extend

Probably related due to peristaltic motion

C: Combination of A and B

Langen et al, IJROBP,

Volume 71, Issue 4 ,

15 July 2008