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Zhong C, Xiong Y, Tang W, Guo J. A Stage-Wise Residual Attention Generation Adversarial Network for Mandibular Defect Repairing and Reconstruction. Int J Neural Syst 2024; 34:2450033. [PMID: 38623651 DOI: 10.1142/s0129065724500333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Surgical reconstruction of mandibular defects is a clinical routine manner for the rehabilitation of patients with deformities. The mandible plays a crucial role in maintaining the facial contour and ensuring the speech and mastication functions. The repairing and reconstruction of mandible defects is a significant yet challenging task in oral-maxillofacial surgery. Currently, the mainly available methods are traditional digitalized design methods that suffer from substantial artificial operations, limited applicability and high reconstruction error rates. An automated, precise, and individualized method is imperative for maxillofacial surgeons. In this paper, we propose a Stage-wise Residual Attention Generative Adversarial Network (SRA-GAN) for mandibular defect reconstruction. Specifically, we design a stage-wise residual attention mechanism for generator to enhance the extraction capability of mandibular remote spatial information, making it adaptable to various defects. For the discriminator, we propose a multi-field perceptual network, consisting of two parallel discriminators with different perceptual fields, to reduce the cumulative reconstruction errors. Furthermore, we design a self-encoder perceptual loss function to ensure the correctness of mandibular anatomical structures. The experimental results on a novel custom-built mandibular defect dataset demonstrate that our method has a promising prospect in clinical application, achieving the best Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 94.238% and 95% Hausdorff Distance (HD95) of 4.787.
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- Chenglan Zhong
- Machine Intelligence Laboratory, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China
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- Machine Intelligence Laboratory, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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Li Z, Du W, Shi Y, Li W, Gao C. A bi-directional segmentation method for prostate ultrasound images under semantic constraints. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11701. [PMID: 38778034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61238-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Due to the lack of sufficient labeled data for the prostate and the extensive and complex semantic information in ultrasound images, accurately and quickly segmenting the prostate in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images remains a challenging task. In this context, this paper proposes a solution for TRUS image segmentation using an end-to-end bidirectional semantic constraint method, namely the BiSeC model. The experimental results show that compared with classic or popular deep learning methods, this method has better segmentation performance, with the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) of 96.74% and the Intersection over Union (IoU) of 93.71%. Our model achieves a good balance between actual boundaries and noise areas, reducing costs while ensuring the accuracy and speed of segmentation.
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- Zexiang Li
- College of Electrical Engineering and New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
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- College of Computer and Information Technology, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Vision Monitoring for Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
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- College of Computer and Information Technology, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Vision Monitoring for Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China.
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- College of Computer and Information Technology, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Vision Monitoring for Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
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- College of Computer and Information Technology, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Vision Monitoring for Hydropower Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China
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Sasaki H, Morishita T, Irie N, Kojima R, Kiriyama T, Nakamoto A, Nishioka K, Takahashi S, Tanabe Y. Evaluation of the trend of set-up errors during the treatment period using set-up margin in prostate radiotherapy. Med Dosim 2024:S0958-3947(24)00014-1. [PMID: 38556401 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2024.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Accurate information on set-up error during radiotherapy is essential for determining the optimal number of treatments in hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer. This necessitates careful control by the radiotherapy staff to assess the patient's condition. This study aimed to develop an evaluation method of the temporal trends in a patient's specific prostate movement during treatment using image matching and margin values. This study included 65 patients who underwent prostate volumetric modulated arc therapy (mean treatment time, 87.2 s). Set-up errors were assessed using bone, inter-, and intra-fraction marker matching across 39 fractions. The set-up margin was determined by dividing the four periods into 39 fractions using Stroom's formula and correlation coefficient. The intra-fraction set-up error was biased in the anterior-superior (AS) direction during treatment. The temporal trend of set-up errors during radiotherapy slightly increased based on bone matching and inter-fraction marker matching, with a 1.6-mm difference in the set-up margin fractions 11 to 20. The correlation coefficient of the mean prostate movement during treatment significantly decreased in the superior-inferior direction, while remaining high in the left-right and anterior-posterior directions. Image matching contributed significantly to the improvement of set-up errors; however, careful attention is needed for prostate movement in the AS direction, particularly during short treatment times. Understanding the trend of set-up errors during the treatment period is essential in numerical information sharing on patient condition and evaluating the margins for tailored hypo-fractionated radiotherapy, considering the facility's image-guided radiation therapy technology.
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- Hinako Sasaki
- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime 798-0061, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokuyama Central Hospital, Yamaguchi 745-8522, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokuyama Central Hospital, Yamaguchi 745-8522, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokuyama Central Hospital, Yamaguchi 745-8522, Japan
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
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Chen S, Xie F, Chen S, Liu S, Li H, Gong Q, Ruan G, Liu L, Chen H. TdDS-UNet: top-down deeply supervised U-Net for the delineation of 3D colorectal cancer. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:055018. [PMID: 38306960 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad25c5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Automatically delineating colorectal cancers with fuzzy boundaries from 3D images is a challenging task, but the problem of fuzzy boundary delineation in existing deep learning-based methods have not been investigated in depth. Here, an encoder-decoder-based U-shaped network (U-Net) based on top-down deep supervision (TdDS) was designed to accurately and automatically delineate the fuzzy boundaries of colorectal cancer. TdDS refines the semantic targets of the upper and lower stages by mapping ground truths that are more consistent with the stage properties than upsampling deep supervision. This stage-specific approach can guide the model to learn a coarse-to-fine delineation process and improve the delineation accuracy of fuzzy boundaries by gradually shrinking the boundaries. Experimental results showed that TdDS is more customizable and plays a role similar to the attentional mechanism, and it can further improve the capability of the model to delineate colorectal cancer contours. A total of 103, 12, and 29 3D pelvic magnetic resonance imaging volumes were used for training, validation, and testing, respectively. The comparative results indicate that the proposed method exhibits the best comprehensive performance, with a dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of 0.805 ± 0.053 and a hausdorff distance (HD) of 9.28 ± 5.14 voxels. In the delineation performance analysis section also showed that 44.49% of the delineation results are satisfactory and do not require revisions. This study can provide new technical support for the delineation of 3D colorectal cancer. Our method is open source, and the code is available athttps://github.com/odindis/TdDS/tree/main.
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- Shuchao Chen
- School of Life & Environmental Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical university, Qingyuan People's Hospital, Qingyuan, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life & Environmental Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life & Environmental Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou 510060, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life & Environmental Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
- Guangxi Human Physiological Information NonInvasive Detection Engineering Technology Research Center, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Biomedical Sensors and Intelligent Instruments, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Metabolic Reprogramming and Intelligent Medical Engineering for Chronic Diseases, Guilin, People's Republic of China
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Zhao X, Wang J, Wang J, Wang J, Hong R, Shen T, Liu Y, Liang Y. DTLR-CS: Deep tensor low rank channel cross fusion neural network for reproductive cell segmentation. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294727. [PMID: 38032913 PMCID: PMC10688749 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, with the development of deep learning technology, deep neural networks have been widely used in the field of medical image segmentation. U-shaped Network(U-Net) is a segmentation network proposed for medical images based on full-convolution and is gradually becoming the most commonly used segmentation architecture in the medical field. The encoder of U-Net is mainly used to capture the context information in the image, which plays an important role in the performance of the semantic segmentation algorithm. However, it is unstable for U-Net with simple skip connection to perform unstably in global multi-scale modelling, and it is prone to semantic gaps in feature fusion. Inspired by this, in this work, we propose a Deep Tensor Low Rank Channel Cross Fusion Neural Network (DTLR-CS) to replace the simple skip connection in U-Net. To avoid space compression and to solve the high rank problem, we designed a tensor low-ranking module to generate a large number of low-rank tensors containing context features. To reduce semantic differences, we introduced a cross-fusion connection module, which consists of a channel cross-fusion sub-module and a feature connection sub-module. Based on the proposed network, experiments have shown that our network has accurate cell segmentation performance.
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- Xia Zhao
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Ham S, Kim M, Lee S, Wang CB, Ko B, Kim N. Improvement of semantic segmentation through transfer learning of multi-class regions with convolutional neural networks on supine and prone breast MRI images. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6877. [PMID: 37106024 PMCID: PMC10140273 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33900-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Semantic segmentation of breast and surrounding tissues in supine and prone breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is required for various kinds of computer-assisted diagnoses for surgical applications. Variability of breast shape in supine and prone poses along with various MRI artifacts makes it difficult to determine robust breast and surrounding tissue segmentation. Therefore, we evaluated semantic segmentation with transfer learning of convolutional neural networks to create robust breast segmentation in supine breast MRI without considering supine or prone positions. Total 29 patients with T1-weighted contrast-enhanced images were collected at Asan Medical Center and two types of breast MRI were performed in the prone position and the supine position. The four classes, including lungs and heart, muscles and bones, parenchyma with cancer, and skin and fat, were manually drawn by an expert. Semantic segmentation on breast MRI scans with supine, prone, transferred from prone to supine, and pooled supine and prone MRI were trained and compared using 2D U-Net, 3D U-Net, 2D nnU-Net and 3D nnU-Net. The best performance was 2D models with transfer learning. Our results showed excellent performance and could be used for clinical purposes such as breast registration and computer-aided diagnosis.
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- Sungwon Ham
- Healthcare Readiness Institute for Unified Korea, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 123 Jeokgeum-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan city, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Promedius Inc., 4 Songpa-daero 49-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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- ANYMEDI Inc., 388-1 Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Convergence Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 5F, 26, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
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Zhong Y, Guo Y, Fang Y, Wu Z, Wang J, Hu W. Geometric and dosimetric evaluation of deep learning based auto-segmentation for clinical target volume on breast cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2023:e13951. [PMID: 36920901 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Recently, target auto-segmentation techniques based on deep learning (DL) have shown promising results. However, inaccurate target delineation will directly affect the treatment planning dose distribution and the effect of subsequent radiotherapy work. Evaluation based on geometric metrics alone may not be sufficient for target delineation accuracy assessment. The purpose of this paper is to validate the performance of automatic segmentation with dosimetric metrics and try to construct new evaluation geometric metrics to comprehensively understand the dose-response relationship from the perspective of clinical application. MATERIALS AND METHODS A DL-based target segmentation model was developed by using 186 manual delineation modified radical mastectomy breast cancer cases. The resulting DL model were used to generate alternative target contours in a new set of 48 patients. The Auto-plan was reoptimized to ensure the same optimized parameters as the reference Manual-plan. To assess the dosimetric impact of target auto-segmentation, not only common geometric metrics but also new spatial parameters with distance and relative volume ( R V ${R}_V$ ) to target were used. Correlations were performed using Spearman's correlation between segmentation evaluation metrics and dosimetric changes. RESULTS Only strong (|R2 | > 0.6, p < 0.01) or moderate (|R2 | > 0.4, p < 0.01) Pearson correlation was established between the traditional geometric metric and three dosimetric evaluation indices to target (conformity index, homogeneity index, and mean dose). For organs at risk (OARs), inferior or no significant relationship was found between geometric parameters and dosimetric differences. Furthermore, we found that OARs dose distribution was affected by boundary error of target segmentation instead of distance and R V ${R}_V$ to target. CONCLUSIONS Current geometric metrics could reflect a certain degree of dose effect of target variation. To find target contour variations that do lead to OARs dosimetry changes, clinically oriented metrics that more accurately reflect how segmentation quality affects dosimetry should be constructed.
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- Yang Zhong
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
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Tanabe Y. [9. Safer and Ideal Radiation Treatment Planning]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2023; 79:193-195. [PMID: 36804810 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2023-2152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoshinori Tanabe
- Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University
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Zhang G, Jiang Z, Zhu J, Wang L. Dose prediction for cervical cancer VMAT patients with a full-scale 3D-cGAN-based model and the comparison of different input data on the prediction results. Radiat Oncol 2022; 17:179. [PMID: 36372897 PMCID: PMC9655866 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-022-02155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Tanabe Y, Tanaka H. Statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of dual amplitude-gated stereotactic body radiotherapy using fiducial markers and lung volume. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 2022; 24:82-87. [PMID: 36267878 PMCID: PMC9576976 DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2022.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Approximately 30% of the fiducial markers demonstrated a low correlation on comparing lung volumes. Monitoring of lung volume can achieve stable tracking of lung tumors. Dual monitoring by employing the marker and lung volume may possibly avoid the deterioration of monitoring accuracy.
Background and purpose The low tracking accuracy of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) risks reduced treatment efficacy. We used four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) images to determine the correlation between changes in fiducial marker positions and lung volume for lung tumors, and we evaluated the effectiveness of the combined use of these images in lung SBRT. Materials and methods Data of 30 patients who underwent fiducial marker placement were retrospectively analyzed. We calculated the motion amplitudes of the center of gravity coordinates of the lung tumor and fiducial markers in each phase and the ipsilateral, contralateral, and bilateral lung volumes using 4DCT. Moreover, we calculated the cross-correlation coefficient between the fiducial marker position and the lung volume changes waveform for the motion amplitude waveform of the lung tumor over three gating windows (all phases, ≤2 mm3, and ≤3 mm3). Results Compared with the lung volume, approximately 30 % of the fiducial markers demonstrated a low correlation with the lung tumor. In the ≤2 mm3 and ≤3 mm3 gating windows, the cross-correlation coefficients between the lung tumor and the optimal marker (r > 0.9: 83 % and 86 %) were significantly different for all fiducial markers (r > 0.9: 39 %, 53 %) and the ipsilateral (r > 0.9: 35 % and 40 %), contralateral (r > 0.9: 44 % and 41 %), and bilateral (r > 0.9: 39 % and 45 %) lung volumes. Conclusions Some of the fiducial markers showed a low correlation with the lung tumor. This study indicated that the combined use of lung volume monitoring can improve tracking accuracy.
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- Yoshinori Tanabe
- Department of Radiological Technology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, 700-8558, Japan,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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Karniouchina E, Carson SJ, Moore WL, Sarangee KR, Uslay C. The Varying Returns to Diversification Along the Value Chain. STRATEGY SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1287/stsc.2022.0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
This study examines whether the benefits of diversification vary across different value chain activities. The returns to diversification in product development and distribution activities are analyzed using a framework grounded in the intraindustry diversification literature and the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm. The study uses data from cocreation arrangements in the motion picture industry in which value chain activities are nearly decomposable—that is, split across producers and distributors—as a natural field study. Results based on 779 movies linked to 57 different production studios and distributed via 30 unaffiliated distributors or vertically integrated distribution branches show that greater focus in film production has a positive effect on profitability, whereas the level of focus/diversification in distribution is unrelated to profitability. This result holds regardless of whether the two functions are carried out within an integrated organization or across independent firms. Moreover, there is significant heterogeneity in the extent to which production studios benefit from increased focus which is tied to the composition of their product portfolios.
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- Ekaterina Karniouchina
- Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy, Mills College at Northeastern University, Oakland, California 94613
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- David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053
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- Rutgers Business School at Newark and New Brunswick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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Sun P, Mo Z, Hu F, Liu F, Mo T, Zhang Y, Chen Z. Kidney Tumor Segmentation Based on FR2PAttU-Net Model. Front Oncol 2022; 12:853281. [PMID: 35372025 PMCID: PMC8968695 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.853281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The incidence rate of kidney tumors increases year by year, especially for some incidental small tumors. It is challenging for doctors to segment kidney tumors from kidney CT images. Therefore, this paper proposes a deep learning model based on FR2PAttU-Net to help doctors process many CT images quickly and efficiently and save medical resources. FR2PAttU-Net is not a new CNN structure but focuses on improving the segmentation effect of kidney tumors, even when the kidney tumors are not clear. Firstly, we use the R2Att network in the “U” structure of the original U-Net, add parallel convolution, and construct FR2PAttU-Net model, to increase the width of the model, improve the adaptability of the model to the features of different scales of the image, and avoid the failure of network deepening to learn valuable features. Then, we use the fuzzy set enhancement algorithm to enhance the input image and construct the FR2PAttU-Net model to make the image obtain more prominent features to adapt to the model. Finally, we used the KiTS19 data set and took the size of the kidney tumor as the category judgment standard to enhance the small sample data set to balance the sample data set. We tested the segmentation effect of the model at different convolution and depths, and we got scored a 0.948 kidney Dice and a 0.911 tumor Dice results in a 0.930 composite score, showing a good segmentation effect.
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- Peng Sun
- School of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- Center for Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- College of Life and Environment Science, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- School of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Zhencheng Chen, ; Yewei Zhang,
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- School of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
- *Correspondence: Zhencheng Chen, ; Yewei Zhang,
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Xie Z, Zhang H. Analysis of the Diagnosis Model of Peripheral Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer under Computed Tomography Images. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2022; 2022:3107965. [PMID: 35222880 PMCID: PMC8881128 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3107965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study aimed to explore the effect of deep learning models on lung CT image lung parenchymal segmentation (LPS) and the application value of CT image texture features in the diagnosis of peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Data of peripheral lung cancer (PLC) patients was collected retrospectively and was divided into peripheral SCLC group and peripheral NSCLC group according to the pathological examination results, ResNet50 model and feature pyramid network (FPN) algorithm were undertaken to improve the Mask-RCNN model, and after the MaZda software extracted the texture features of the CT images of PLC patients, the Fisher coefficient was used to reduce the dimensionality, and the texture features of the CT images were analyzed and compared. The results showed that the average Dice coefficients of the 2D CH algorithm, Faster-RCNN, Mask-RCNN, and the algorithm proposed in the validation set were 0.882, 0.953, 0.961, and 0.986, respectively. The accuracy rates were 88.3%, 93.5%, 94.4%, and 97.2%. The average segmentation speeds in lung CT images were 0.289 s/sheet, 0.115 s/sheet, 0.108 s/sheet, and 0.089 s/sheet. The improved deep learning model showed higher accuracy, better robustness, and faster speed than other algorithms in the LPS of CT images. In summary, deep learning can achieve the LPS of CT images and show excellent segmentation efficiency. The texture parameters of GLCM in CT images have excellent differential diagnosis performance for NSCLC and SCLC and potential clinical application value.
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- Zhonghai Xie
- Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou 313000, Zhejiang, China
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- Lishui City People's Hospital, Lishui 323000, Zhejiang, China
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Evaluation of patient-specific motion management for radiotherapy planning computed tomography using a statistical method. Med Dosim 2022; 47:e13-e18. [PMID: 34991966 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We evaluated the probabilistic randomness of predictions by using individual numerical data based on general data for treatment planning computed tomography (CT) and evaluated the importance of patient-specific management through statistical analysis of our facility's data in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and prostate volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). The subjects were 30 patients who underwent lung SBRT with fiducial markers and 24 patients who underwent prostate VMAT. The average 3-dimensional (3D) displacement error between the fiducial marker and lung mass in 4DCT of lung SBRT was calculated and then compared with the 3D displacement error between the upper-lobe group (UG) and middle- or lower-lobe group (LG). The duty cycles between the lung tumor and fiducial marker at the <2-mm3 ambush area were compared between the UG and LG. In the prostate VMAT, the Shewhart control chart was analyzed by comparing multiple acquisition planning CT (MPCT) and cone-beam CT (CBCT) during the treatment period. The average 3D displacement errors in 4DCT for the lung tumor and fiducial marker were significantly different between the UG and middle- or lower-lobe group, but there was no correlation with the duty cycle. The Shewhart control chart for 3D displacement errors of the prostate for MPCT and CBCT showed that errors of >8 mm exceeded the control limit. In lung SBRT and prostate VMAT, overall statistical data from planning CT showed probabilistic randomness in predictions during the treatment period, and patient-specific motion management was needed to increase accuracy. A radiotherapy planning CT report showing a statistical analysis graph would be useful to objective share with staff.
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Bao D, Zhao Y, Liu Z, Zhong H, Geng Y, Lin M, Li L, Zhao X, Luo D. Prognostic and predictive value of radiomics features at MRI in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Discov Oncol 2021; 12:63. [PMID: 34993528 PMCID: PMC8683387 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-021-00460-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To explore the value of MRI-based radiomics features in predicting risk in disease progression for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). METHODS 199 patients confirmed with NPC were retrospectively included and then divided into training and validation set using a hold-out validation (159: 40). Discriminative radiomic features were selected with a Wilcoxon signed-rank test from tumors and normal masticatory muscles of 37 NPC patients. LASSO Cox regression and Pearson correlation analysis were applied to further confirm the differential expression of the radiomic features in the training set. Using the multiple Cox regression model, we built a radiomic feature-based classifier, Rad-Score. The prognostic and predictive performance of Rad-Score was validated in the validation cohort and illustrated in all included 199 patients. RESULTS We identified 1832 differentially expressed radiomic features between tumors and normal tissue. Rad-Score was built based on one radiomic feature: CET1-w_wavelet.LLH_GLDM_Dependence-Entropy. Rad-Score showed a satisfactory performance to predict disease progression in NPC with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.604, 0.732, 0.626 in the training, validation, and the combined cohort (all 199 patients included) respectively. Rad-Score improved risk stratification, and disease progression-free survival was significantly different between these groups in every cohort of patients (p = 0.044 or p < 0.01). Combining radiomics and clinical features, higher AUC was achieved of the prediction of 3-year disease progression-free survival (PFS) (AUC, 0.78) and 5-year disease PFS (AUC, 0.73), although there was no statistical difference. CONCLUSION The radiomics classifier, Rad-Score, was proven useful for pretreatment prognosis prediction and showed potential in risk stratification for NPC. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12672-021-00460-3.
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- Dan Bao
- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, 518116 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Huiying Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, HaiDian District, B-2 Building, Dongsheng Science Park, Beijing City, 100192 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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- Department of Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021 China
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Development of a novel detection method for changes in lung conditions during radiotherapy using a temporal subtraction technique. Phys Eng Sci Med 2021; 44:1341-1350. [PMID: 34704221 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-021-01070-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We aimed to develop a novel method of detecting changes in lung conditions during radiotherapy using temporal subtraction technique. Twenty patients who underwent radiotherapy were retrospectively assessed by calculating optimal direct similarity error (ODSE) between initial and mid-treatment registered images. Patients were grouped according to region in tumor size and atelectasis for lung of < 20 or ≥ 20 cm3, which analyzed two field regions (1024 × 768 pixels, 512 × 512 pixels). Correlations between ODSE and changes in lung conditions were analyzed based on effect of radiation dose; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to evaluate whether changes can be detected during treatment period. The ODSE of 1024 × 768 pixels was changed to 1.00 (0.28-3.48) for lung lesion size of < 20 cm3 and 1.86 (0.55-6.58) for the ≥ 20 cm3 lung lesion size. ODSE of 512 × 512 pixels was 1.03 (0.40-2.12) for the region in tumor size and atelectasis of < 20 cm3 and 1.90 (0.39-27.8) for the ≥ 20 cm3 lung lesion size. The region under the curve values from ROC analysis were 0.796 (1024 × 768 pixels) and 0.983 (512 × 512 pixels). A novel method can visually and numerically help to detect changes in lung condition at early treatment stages. Using this method, difference between plan and actual positional relationship for target and risk organs that cannot be predicted at the time of planning can be avoided, ensuring high safety and accuracy in lung radiotherapy.
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Tanabe Y, Ishida T, Eto H, Sera T, Emoto Y, Shimokawa M. Patient-specific radiotherapy quality assurance for estimating actual treatment dose. Med Dosim 2020; 46:e5-e10. [PMID: 32921553 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate the optimal method for planning computed tomography (CT) for prostate cancer radiotherapy to avoid a dose difference of ≥3% between the actual and planned treatments using multiple acquisition planning CT (MPCT). We calculated the 3-dimensional (3D) displacement error between the pelvic bone and matching fiducial marker on MPCT and cone-beam CT scans of 25 patients who underwent prostate volumetric-modulated arc therapy for prostate cancer. The correlation of the 3D displacement error and the dose difference between planned and actual treatments was calculated using least squares second-order polynomial model. The 3D displacement error showed a moderate correlation with differences between planned and accumulated treatment doses (r = 0.587, p < 0.0001). Moreover, the improvement rate of the minimum 3D displacement error showed a strong correlation with the relative error between each MPCT image (r = 0.793, p < 0.0001). Significant differences were observed between planned and actual treatment doses (p < 0.0001) in the relative 3D displacement errors of <1 mm, 1 to 3 mm, and >3 mm. The 3D displacement error on MPCT (as the selection estimation index for optimal planning CT) is useful for monitoring patient-specific intensity-modulated radiation therapy quality assurance. This new method allows to estimate dose differences from the planned dose before commencing treatment, thereby ensuring high-quality therapy. As radiotherapy quality is critical for patient outcome, these findings may contribute to better management of prostate cancer.
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- Yoshinori Tanabe
- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan.
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- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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Tanabe Y. [15. Quantitative Evaluation and Associated Uncertainties in Clinical Radiation Therapy Technology]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2020; 76:1074-1079. [PMID: 33087656 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2020_jsrt_76.10.1074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Yoshinori Tanabe
- Department of Radiological Technology, Yamaguchi University Hospital
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Tanabe Y, Ishida T. Optimizing multiple acquisition planning CT for prostate cancer IMRT. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2019. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ab0dc7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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