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Table 1 Results of feasibility assessment (n = 3)

From: Protocol of a study investigating breath-hold techniques for upper-abdominal radiation therapy (BURDIE): addressing the challenge of a moving target

Measure   Breath-hold technique mean (SD)
DIBH IBH EBH
Participant 1
Tumour site Kidney    
Age (years) 32    
Gender (M/F) M    
ABC threshold (L)   1.4 0.6 0.1
TBH (s)   16 16 16
SBH (mm)   0.4 (0.5) 0.8 (0.4) 2.0 (1.6)
RBH (mm)   4.0 (2.6) 0.5 (0.6) 1.5 (1.3)
Test order EBH, IBH, DIBH    
Selected technique IBH    
Participant 2
Tumour site Liver    
Age (years) 71    
Gender (M/F) M    
ABC threshold (L)   1.2 0.9 0.1
TBH (s)   35 35 30
SBH (mm)   2.2 (1.5) 1.4 (0.5) 2.0 (2.3)
RBH (mm)   1.0 (0.0) 0.25 (0.5) 0.75 (1.0)
Test order DIBH, IBH, EBH    
Selected technique IBH    
Participant 3
Tumour site Liver    
Age (years) 68    
Gender M    
ABC threshold (L)   0.8 0.6 0.1
TBH (s)   20 20 15
SBH (mm)   0.6 (0.9) 0.6 (0.9) 0.8 (1.3)
RBH (mm)   2.0 (2.3) 1.0 (0.8) 3.75 (1.0)
Test order IBH, EBH, DIBH    
Selected technique IBH    
  1. DIBH deep-inspiration breath-hold, IBH inspiration breath-hold, EBH expiration breath-hold, TBH time (duration) of breath-hold, RBH reproducibility of breath-hold, SBH stability of breath-hold
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Radiation Oncology

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