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Internal margin (IM)-The challenges
Presumed empty bladder on two different
occasions
Influence of rectal filling
Methods to reduce variations:
• Drinking protocol
• Rectal enemas
• Respiratory gating
• Breath hold technique
• Adaptive strategy: repeat the
CT (or CBCT), repeat
contouring, co-register
• Probabilistic strategy:
measure, statistics