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Latorre-Musoll A, Oses G, Antelo G, Serrano S, Mollà M, Sempau J, Jornet N. Transit-guided radiation therapy: A novel patient monitoring approach. Radiother Oncol 2024:110580. [PMID: 39395671 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110580] [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: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 09/23/2024] [Accepted: 10/05/2024] [Indexed: 10/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transit-Guided Radiation (TGRT) is a novel technique that uses the transit portal images (TPIs) acquired with Electronic Portal Image Devices (EPID) to quantify patient position errors during the treatment. It has been validated using anthropomorphic phantoms but a validation in a clinical setting was lacking. A pilot clinical study is presented to confirm our previous results. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was conducted between June and December 2022 with patients who received whole-brain or breast radiotherapy treatments. The selected treatments were composed of radiation fields using skin-flash, where the body contour projected a sharp edge on the EPID which has been used as a surrogate of the true patient position. Daily imaging procedures were applied as scheduled before running the one- and two-parameter model (1PM and 2PM) of the TGRT formalism on the acquired TPIs to independently estimate the patient position errors. RESULTS 43 patients and 1015 TPIs have been assessed. The 2PM showed a better correlation with the true position errors (R2 = 0.76 vs. 0.73), a lower detection threshold (0.77 mm vs. 1.24 mm), and a lower overcorrection risk above the detection threshold (7.0 % vs. 11.1 %) than the 1PM. Overall, the 2PM would have significantly reduced the true position errors by a factor of 0.58 (0.49 - 1.27) (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION The TGRT technique has confirmed the ability to reduce the position errors in a clinical setting, demonstrating the potential to enhance the patient position monitoring without increasing treatment time or patient dose.
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- Artur Latorre-Musoll
- Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica (ICAMS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica (ICAMS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica (ICAMS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica (ICAMS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica (ICAMS), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain
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- Servei de Radiofísica i Radioprotecció, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Ramiah D, Mmereki D. Remote radiotherapy treatment planning system: An efficiency tool for increasing patient flow in cancer treatment in South Africa. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2024; 86:6355-6357. [PMID: 39359757 PMCID: PMC11444597 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000002537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/25/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024] Open
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- Duvern Ramiah
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sánchez-Rubio P, Rodríguez-Romero R, Pinto-Monedero M, Alejo-Luque L, Martínez-Ortega J. New findings on clinical experience on surface-guided radiotherapy for frameless non-coplanar stereotactic radiosurgery treatments. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2024:e14510. [PMID: 39287562 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14510] [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: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/19/2024] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) system for setup and intra-fraction motion control in frameless non-coplanar stereotactic radiosurgery (fSRS) using actual patient data immobilized with two different types of open-faced masks and employing a novel SGRT systems settings. METHODS AND MATERIALS Forty-four SRS patients were immobilized with two types of open-faced masks. Sixty lesions were treated, involving the analysis of 68 cone-beam scans (CBCT), 157 megavoltage (MV) images, and 521 SGRT monitoring sessions. The average SGRT translations/rotations and 3D vectors (MAG-Trasl and MAG-Rot) were compared with CBCT or antero-posterior MV images for 0° table or non-coplanar beams, respectively. The intrafraction control was evaluated based on the average shifts obtained from each monitoring session. To assess the association between the SGRT system and the CBCT, the two types of masks and the 3D vectors, a generalized estimating equations (GEE) regression analysis was performed. The Wilcoxon singed-rank test for paired samples was performed to detect differences in couch rotation with longitudinal (LNG) and lateral (LAT) translations and/or yaw. RESULTS The average SGRT corrections were smaller than those detected by CBCT (≤0.5 mm and 0.1°), with largest differences in LNG and yaw. The GEE analysis indicated that the average MAG-Trasl, obtained by the SGRT system, was not statistically different (p = 0.09) for both mask types, while, the MAG-Rot was different (p = 0.01). For non-coplanar beams, the Wilcoxon singed-rank test demonstrated no significantly differences for the corrections (LNG, LAT, and yaw) for any table rotation except for LNG corrections at 65° (p = 0.04) and 75° (p = 0.03) table angle position; LAT shifts at 65° (p = 0.03) and 270° (p < 0.001) table angle position, and yaw rotation at 30° (p = 0.02) table angle position. The average intrafraction motion was < 0.1 mm and 0.1° for any table angle. CONCLUSION The SGRT system used, along with the novel workflow performed, can achieve the setup and intra-fraction motion control accuracy required to perform non-coplanar fSRS treatments. Both masks ensure the accuracy required for fSRS while providing a suitable surface for monitoring.
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- Patricia Sánchez-Rubio
- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Physics Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Seravalli E, Kroon PS, Bolle S, Dunlea C, Harrabi SB, Laprie A, Lassen-Ramshad Y, Whitfield G, Janssens GO. Surface guided radiotherapy practice in paediatric oncology: a survey on behalf of the SIOPE Radiation Oncology Working Group. Br J Radiol 2024; 97:1044-1049. [PMID: 38445717 DOI: 10.1093/bjr/tqae049] [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: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) is increasingly being implemented to track patient's surface movement and position during radiation therapy. However, limited information is available on the SGRT use in paediatrics. The aim of this double survey was to map SIOPE (European Society for Paediatric Oncology)-affiliated centres using SGRT and to gain information on potential indications, observed, or expected benefits. METHODS A double online survey was distributed to 246 SIOPE-affiliated radiotherapy (RT) centres. Multiple choices, yes/no, and open answers were included. The first survey (41 questions) was active from February to March 2021. A shortened version (13 questions) was repeated in March 2023 to detect trends in SGRT use within the same community. RESULTS Respectively, 76/142 (54%) and 28/142 (20%) responding centres used and planned to use SGRT clinically, including 4/34 (12%) new centres since 2021. Among the SGRT users, 33/76 (43%) already applied this technology to paediatric treatments. The main benefits of improved patient comfort, better monitoring of intrafraction motion, and more accurate initial patient set-up expected by future users did not differ from current SGRT-users (P = .893). Among non-SGRT users, the main hurdles to implement SGRT were costs and time for installation. In paediatrics, SGRT is applied to all anatomical sites. CONCLUSION This work provides information on the practice of SGRT in paediatrics across SIOPE-affiliated RT centres which can serve as a basis for departments when considering the purchase of SGRT systems. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Since little information is available in the literature on the use of SGRT in paediatrics, the results of this double survey can serve as a basis for departments treating children when considering the purchase of an SGRT system.
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- Enrica Seravalli
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Campus, Villejuif 94 800, France
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- Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2PB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, UPS, Toulouse 31100, France
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- Danish Centre for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8200, Denmark
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- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA, The Netherlands
- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht 3582CS, The Netherlands
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Buschmann M, Kauer-Dorner D, Konrad S, Georg D, Widder J, Knäusl B. Stereoscopic X-ray image and thermo-optical surface guidance for breast cancer radiotherapy in deep inspiration breath-hold. Strahlenther Onkol 2024; 200:306-313. [PMID: 37796341 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-023-02153-y] [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: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the feasibility of a thermo-optical surface imaging (SGRT) system combined with room-based stereoscopic X‑ray image guidance (IGRT) in a dedicated breast deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) irradiation workflow. In this context, benchmarking of portal imaging (EPID) and cone-beam CT (CBCT) against stereoscopic X‑rays was performed. METHODS SGRT + IGRT data of 30 left-sided DIBH breast patients (1 patient with bilateral cancer) treated in 351 fractions using thermo-optical surface imaging and X-ray IGRT were retrospectively analysed. Patients were prepositioned based on a free-breathing surface reference derived from a CT scan. Once the DIBH was reached using visual feedback, two stereoscopic X‑ray images were acquired and registered to the digitally reconstructed radiographs derived from the DIBH CT. Based on this registration, a couch correction was performed. Positioning and monitoring by surface and X-ray imaging were verified by protocol-based EPID or CBCT imaging at selected fractions and the calculation of residual geometric deviations. RESULTS The median X‑ray-derived couch correction vector was 4.9 (interquartile range [IQR] 3.3-7.1) mm long. Verification imaging was performed for 134 fractions (216 RT field verifications) with EPID and for 37 fractions with CBCT, respectively. The median 2D/3D deviation vector length over all verification images was 2.5 (IQR 1.6-3.9) mm/3.4 (IQR 2.2-4.8) mm for EPID/CBCT, both being well within the planning target volume (PTV) margins (7 mm). A moderate correlation (0.49-0.65) was observed between the surface signal and X-ray position in DIBH. CONCLUSION DIBH treatments using thermo-optical SGRT and X-ray IGRT were feasible for breast cancer patients. Stereoscopic X‑ray positioning was successfully verified by standard IGRT techniques.
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- Martin Buschmann
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
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Dekker J, van het Schip S, Essers M, de Smet M, Kusters M, de Kruijf W. Characterization of the IDENTIFY TM surface scanning system for radiation therapy setup on a closed-bore linac. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2024; 25:e14326. [PMID: 38497554 PMCID: PMC11005961 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14326] [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: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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PURPOSE In radiation therapy, surface guidance can be used for patient setup and intra-fraction motion monitoring. The surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) system from Varian Medical systems, IDENTIFYTM, consists of three pods, including cameras and a random pattern projector, mounted on the ceiling. The information captured by the cameras is used to make a reconstruction of the surface. The aim of the study was to assess the technical performance of this SGRT system on a closed-bore linac. METHODS Phantom measurements were performed to assess the accuracy, precision, reproducibility and temporal stability of the system, both in align and in load position. Translations of the phantoms in lateral, longitudinal, and vertical direction, and rotations around three axes (pitch, roll and yaw) were performed with an accurate, in-house built, positioning stage. Different phantom geometries and different surface colors were used, and various ambient light intensities were tested. RESULTS The accuracy of the IDENTIFYTM system at the closed-bore linac was 0.07 mm and 0.07 degrees at load position, and 0.06 mm and 0.01 degrees at align position for the white head phantom. The precision was 0.02 mm and 0.02 degrees in load position, and 0.01 mm and 0.02 degrees in align position. The accuracy for the Penta-Guide phantom was comparable to the white head phantom, with 0.06 mm and 0.01 degrees in align position. The system was slightly less accurate for translations of the CIRS lung phantom in align position (0.20 mm, 0.05 degrees). Reproducibility measurements showed a variation of 0.02 mm in load position. Regarding the temporal stability, the maximum drift over 30 min was 0.33 mm and 0.02 degrees in load position. No effect of ambient light level on the accuracy of the IDENTIFYTM system was observed. Regarding different surface colors, the accuracy of the system for a black phantom was slightly worse compared to a white surface, but not clinical relevant. CONCLUSION The IDENTIFYTM system can adequately be used for motion monitoring on a closed-bore linac with submillimeter accuracy. The results of the performed measurements meet the clinical requirements described in the guidelines of the AAPM and the ESTRO.
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Lastrucci A, Serventi E, Francolini G, Marciello L, Fedeli L, Meucci F, Marzano S, Esposito M, Ricci R. A retrospective comparison of setup accuracy from CBCT and SGRT data in breast cancer patients. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci 2024; 55:29-36. [PMID: 38016852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2023.10.005] [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: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Both cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) are used for breast patient positioning verification before treatment delivery. SGRT may reduce treatment time and imaging dose by potentially reduce the number of CBCT needed. The aim of this study was to compare the displacements resulting in positioning from the Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) 3D and SGRT methods and to design a clinical workflow for SGRT implementation in breast radiotherapy to establish an imaging strategy based on the data obtained. METHODS For this study 128 breast cancer patients treated with 42.5 Gy in 16 fractions using 3D conformal radiotherapy with free breathing technique were enroled. A total of 366 CBCT images were evaluated for patient setup verification and compared with SGRT. Image registrations between planning CT images and CBCT images were performed in mutual agreement and in online mode by three health professionals. Student's paired t-test was used to compare the absolute difference in vector shift, measured in mm, for each orthogonal axis (x, y, z) between SGRT and CBCT methods. The multidisciplinary team evaluated a review of the original clinical workflow for SGRT implementation and data about patients treated with the updated workflow were reported. RESULTS Comparison of the shifts obtained with IGRT and SGRT for each orthogonal axis (for the x-axes the average displacement was 0.9 ± 0.7 mm, y = 1.1 ± 0.8 mm and z = 1.0 ± 0.7 mm) revealed no significant statistical differences (p > 0.05). Using the updated workflow the difference between SGRT and IGRT displacements was <3 mm in 91.4 % of patients with a reduction in total treatment time of approximately 20 %, due to the reduce frequency of the CBCT images acquisition and matching. CONCLUSIONS This study has shown that IGRT and SGRT agree in positioning patients with breast cancer within a millimetre tolerance. SGRT can be used for patient positioning, with the advantages of reducing radiation exposure and shorter overall treatment time.
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- Andrea Lastrucci
- Radiation Oncology Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Department of Allied Health Professions, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato 59100, Italy.
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Department of Allied Health Professions, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato 59100, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Department of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato 59100, Italy
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- Medical Physics Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato-Pistoia 59100, Italy
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- Medical Physics Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato-Pistoia 59100, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Department of Oncology, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Prato 59100, Italy
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- Medical Physics, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste 34151, Italy
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- Department of Allied Health Professions, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy
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Qubala A, Shafee J, Batista V, Liermann J, Winter M, Piro D, Jäkel O. Comparative evaluation of a surface-based respiratory monitoring system against a pressure sensor for 4DCT image reconstruction in phantoms. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2024; 25:e14174. [PMID: 37815197 PMCID: PMC10860430 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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Four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT), which relies on breathing-induced motion, requires realistic surrogate information of breathing variations to reconstruct the tumor trajectory and motion variability of normal tissues accurately. Therefore, the SimRT surface-guided respiratory monitoring system has been installed on a Siemens CT scanner. This work evaluated the temporal and spatial accuracy of SimRT versus our commonly used pressure sensor, AZ-733 V. A dynamic thorax phantom was used to reproduce regular and irregular breathing patterns acquired by SimRT and Anzai. Various parameters of the recorded breathing patterns, including mean absolute deviations (MAD), Pearson correlations (PC), and tagging precision, were investigated and compared to ground-truth. Furthermore, 4DCT reconstructions were analyzed to assess the volume discrepancy, shape deformation and tumor trajectory. Compared to the ground-truth, SimRT more precisely reproduced the breathing patterns with a MAD range of 0.37 ± 0.27 and 0.92 ± 1.02 mm versus Anzai with 1.75 ± 1.54 and 5.85 ± 3.61 mm for regular and irregular breathing patterns, respectively. Additionally, SimRT provided a more robust PC of 0.994 ± 0.009 and 0.936 ± 0.062 for all investigated breathing patterns. Further, the peak and valley recognition were found to be more accurate and stable using SimRT. The comparison of tumor trajectories revealed discrepancies up to 7.2 and 2.3 mm for Anzai and SimRT, respectively. Moreover, volume discrepancies up to 1.71 ± 1.62% and 1.24 ± 2.02% were found for both Anzai and SimRT, respectively. SimRT was validated across various breathing patterns and showed a more precise and stable breathing tracking, (i) independent of the amplitude and period, (ii) and without placing any physical devices on the patient's body. These findings resulted in a more accurate temporal and spatial accuracy, thus leading to a more realistic 4DCT reconstruction and breathing-adapted treatment planning.
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- Abdallah Qubala
- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- Saarland University of Applied SciencesSaarbrueckenGermany
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of Radiation OncologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of Radiation OncologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- Saarland University of Applied SciencesSaarbrueckenGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of Medical Physics in Radiation OncologyGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
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Gnerucci A, Esposito M, Ghirelli A, Pini S, Paoletti L, Barca R, Fondelli S, Alpi P, Grilli B, Rossi F, Scoccianti S, Russo S. Robustness analysis of surface-guided DIBH left breast radiotherapy: personalized dosimetric effect of real intrafractional motion within the beam gating thresholds. Strahlenther Onkol 2024; 200:71-82. [PMID: 37380796 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-023-02102-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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PURPOSE The robustness of surface-guided (SG) deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) radiotherapy (RT) for left breast cancer was evaluated by investigating any potential dosimetric effects due to the residual intrafractional motion allowed by the selected beam gating thresholds. The potential reduction of DIBH benefits in terms of organs at risk (OARs) sparing and target coverage was evaluated for conformational (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques. METHODS A total of 192 fractions of SGRT DIBH left breast 3DCRT treatment for 12 patients were analyzed. For each fraction, the average of the real-time displacement between the isocenter on the daily reference surface and on the live surface ("SGRT shift") during beam-on was evaluated and applied to the original plan isocenter. The dose distribution for the treatment beams with the new isocenter point was then calculated and the total plan dose distribution was obtained by summing the estimated perturbed dose for each fraction. Then, for each patient, the original plan and the perturbed one were compared by means of Wilcoxon test for target coverage and OAR dose-volume histogram (DVH) metrics. A global plan quality score was calculated to assess the overall plan robustness against intrafractional motion of both 3DCRT and IMRT techniques. RESULTS Target coverage and OAR DVH metrics did not show significant variations between the original and the perturbed plan for the IMRT techniques. 3DCRT plans showed significant variations for the left descending coronary artery (LAD) and the humerus only. However, none of the dose metrics exceeded the mandatory dose constraints for any of the analyzed plans. The global plan quality analysis indicated that both 3DCRT and IMRT techniques were affected by the isocenter shifts in the same way and, generally, the residual isocenter shifts more likely tend to worsen the plan in all cases. CONCLUSION The DIBH technique proved to be robust against residual intrafractional isocenter shifts allowed by the selected SGRT beam-hold thresholds. Small-volume OARs located near high dose gradients showed significant marginal deteriorations in the perturbed plans with the 3DCRT technique only. Global plan quality was mainly influenced by patient anatomy and treatment beam geometry rather than the technique adopted.
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- A Gnerucci
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Medical Physics Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Grosseto, Italy
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Medical Physics Unit, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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Qubala A, Shafee J, Tessonnier T, Horn J, Winter M, Naumann J, Jäkel O. Characteristics of breathing-adapted gating using surface guidance for use in particle therapy: A phantom-based end-to-end test from CT simulation to dose delivery. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2024; 25:e14249. [PMID: 38128056 PMCID: PMC10795430 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14249] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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To account for intra-fractional tumor motion during dose delivery in radiotherapy, various treatment strategies are clinically implemented such as breathing-adapted gating and irradiating the tumor during specific breathing phases. In this work, we present a comprehensive phantom-based end-to-end test of breathing-adapted gating utilizing surface guidance for use in particle therapy. A commercial dynamic thorax phantom was used to reproduce regular and irregular breathing patterns recorded by the GateRT respiratory monitoring system. The amplitudes and periods of recorded breathing patterns were analysed and compared to planned patterns (ground-truth). In addition, the mean absolute deviations (MAD) and Pearson correlation coefficients (PCC) between the measurements and ground-truth were assessed. Measurements of gated and non-gated irradiations were also analysed with respect to dosimetry and geometry, and compared to treatment planning system (TPS). Further, the latency time of beam on/off was evaluated. Compared to the ground-truth, measurements performed with GateRT showed amplitude differences between 0.03 ± 0.02 mm and 0.26 ± 0.03 mm for regular and irregular breathing patterns, whilst periods of both breathing patterns ranged with a standard deviation between 10 and 190 ms. Furthermore, the GateRT software precisely acquired breathing patterns with a maximum MAD of 0.30 ± 0.23 mm. The PCC constantly ranged between 0.998 and 1.000. Comparisons between TPS and measured dose profiles indicated absolute mean dose deviations within institutional tolerances of ±5%. Geometrical beam characteristics also varied within our institutional tolerances of 1.5 mm. The overall time delays were <60 ms and thus within both recommended tolerances published by ESTRO and AAPM of 200 and 100 ms, respectively. In this study, a non-invasive optical surface-guided workflow including image acquisition, treatment planning, patient positioning and gated irradiation at an ion-beam gantry was investigated, and shown to be clinically viable. Based on phantom measurements, our results show a clinically-appropriate spatial, temporal, and dosimetric accuracy when using surface guidance in the clinical setting, and the results comply with international and institutional guidelines and tolerances.
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- Abdallah Qubala
- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- Faculty of MedicineUniversity of HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- Saarland University of Applied SciencesSaarbrueckenGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO)Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of Medical Physics in Radiation OncologyGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)HeidelbergGermany
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Psarras M, Stasinou D, Stroubinis T, Protopapa M, Zygogianni A, Kouloulias V, Platoni K. Surface-Guided Radiotherapy: Can We Move on from the Era of Three-Point Markers to the New Era of Thousands of Points? Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:1202. [PMID: 37892932 PMCID: PMC10604452 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10101202] [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: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) technique improves patient positioning with submillimeter accuracy compared with the conventional positioning technique of lasers using three-point tattoos. SGRT provides solutions to considerations that arise from the conventional setup technique, such as variability in tattoo position and the psychological impact of the tattoos. Moreover, SGRT provides monitoring of intrafractional motion. PURPOSE This literature review covers the basics of SGRT systems and examines whether SGRT can replace the traditional positioning technique. In addition, it investigates SGRT's potential in reducing positioning times, factors affecting SGRT accuracy, the effectiveness of live monitoring, and the impact on patient dosage. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study focused on papers published from 2016 onward that compared SGRT with the traditional positioning technique and investigated factors affecting SGRT accuracy and effectiveness. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS SGRT provides the same or better results regarding patient positioning. The implementation of SGRT can reduce overall treatment time. It is an effective technique for detecting intrafraction patient motion, improving treatment accuracy and precision, and creating a safe and comfortable environment for the patient during treatment.
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- Michalis Psarras
- Medical Physics Unit, 2nd Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mediterraneo Hospital, 166 75 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mediterraneo Hospital, 166 75 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mediterraneo Hospital, 166 75 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mediterraneo Hospital, 166 75 Athens, Greece
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, 1st Department of Radiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 28 Athens, Greece
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, 2nd Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece
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- Medical Physics Unit, 2nd Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 62 Athens, Greece
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Mediterraneo Hospital, 166 75 Athens, Greece
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Lee J, Kim YJ, Goh Y, Yang E, Kim HU, Song SY, Kim YS. Application of surface-guided radiation therapy in prostate cancer: comparative analysis of differences with skin marking-guided patient setup. Radiat Oncol J 2023; 41:172-177. [PMID: 37793626 PMCID: PMC10556842 DOI: 10.3857/roj.2023.00521] [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: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Surface-guided radiation therapy is an image-guided method using optical surface imaging that has recently been adopted for patient setup and motion monitoring during treatment. We aimed to determine whether the surface guide setup is accurate and efficient compared to the skin-marking guide in prostate cancer treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS The skin-marking setup was performed, and vertical, longitudinal, and lateral couch values (labeled as "M") were recorded. Subsequently, the surface-guided setup was conducted, and couch values (labeled as "S") were recorded. After performing cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), the final couch values was recorded (labeled as "C"), and the shift value was calculated (labeled as "Gap (M-S)," "Gap (M-C)," "Gap (S-C)") and then compared. Additionally, the setup times for the skin marking and surface guides were also compared. RESULTS One hundred and twenty-five patients were analyzed, totaling 2,735 treatment fractions. Gap (M-S) showed minimal differences in the vertical, longitudinal, and lateral averages (-0.03 cm, 0.07 cm, and 0.06 cm, respectively). Gap (M-C) and Gap (S-C) exhibited a mean difference of 0.04 cm (p = 0.03) in the vertical direction, a mean difference of 0.35 cm (p = 0.52) in the longitudinal direction, and a mean difference of 0.11 cm (p = 0.91) in the lateral direction. There was no correlation between shift values and patient characteristics. The average setup time of the skin-marking guide was 6.72 minutes, and 7.53 minutes for the surface guide. CONCLUSION There was no statistically significant difference between the surface and skin-marking guides regarding final CBCT shift values and no correlation between translational shift values and patient characteristics. We also observed minimal difference in setup time between the two methods. Therefore, the surface guide can be considered an accurate and time-efficient alternative to skin-marking guides.
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- Jaeha Lee
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Saito T, Hayashi N, Amma H, Onishi K, Muraki Y, Nozue M. Development of a new coordinate calibration phantom for a light-section-based optical surface monitoring system. Radiol Phys Technol 2023; 16:366-372. [PMID: 37248443 DOI: 10.1007/s12194-023-00726-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A calibration phantom made of Derlin requires manual translational and rotational adjustments when calibrating a light-section-based optical surface monitoring system (VOXELAN) with a phantom material that insufficiently reflects the red-slit laser of the system. This study aimed to develop a new calibration phantom using different materials and to propose a procedure that minimizes setup errors. The new phantom, primarily made of PET100, which exhibits good reflectivity without scattering or attenuating the red-slit laser at the phantom surface, was shaped in a manner similar to that of previous designs. The detection accuracy and stability were evaluated using six different regions of interest (ROIs) and compared with previous phantom designs. The coordinate coincidence between the machine and VOXELAN was compared for both phantom designs. The detection accuracy and stability of the new phantom in the reference ROI setting were found to be better than those of previous phantoms. In the lateral, longitudinal, and vertical directions, the coordinate coincidences in translational directions for the previous phantom were obtained at 1.07 ± 0.66, 1.46 ± 0.47, and 0.26 ± 0.83 mm, whereas those for the new phantom were obtained at 0.28 ± 0.21, 0.18 ± 0.30, and - 0.30 ± 0.29 mm, respectively. The rotational errors of the two phantoms were identical. The new phantom exhibited improved detection stability because of its good reflectivity. Additionally, the new placement procedure was linked to the six-degrees-of-freedom couch. A combination of the new phantom and its new placement procedure is suitable for coordinate calibration of VOXELAN.
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- Tatsunori Saito
- Department of Radiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8558, Japan
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- School of Medical Sciences, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-Cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
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- Department of Radiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8558, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12, Sumiyoshi, Naka-Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-8558, Japan
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Peng H, Yang H, Lei J, Dai X, Cao P, Jin F, Luo H. Optimal fractionation and timing of weekly cone-beam CT in daily surface-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer. Radiat Oncol 2023; 18:112. [PMID: 37408037 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-023-02279-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) has been demonstrated to be a promising supplement to cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in adjuvant breast cancer radiotherapy, but a rational combination mode is lacking in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to explore this mode and investigate its impact on the setup and dose accuracy. METHODS AND MATERIALS Daily SGRT and weekly CBCT images were acquired for 23 patients with breast cancer who received conventional fractionated radiotherapy after lumpectomy. Sixteen modes were acquired by randomly selecting one (CBCT1), two (CBCTij), three (CBCTijk), four (CBCTijkl), and five (CBCT12345) images from the CBCT images for fusion with the SGRT. The CTV-PTV margins, OAR doses, and dose coverage (V95%) of PTV and CTV was calculated based on SGRT setup errors with different regions of interest (ROIs). Dose correlations between these modalities were investigated using Pearson and Spearman's methods. Patient-specific parameters were recorded to assess their impact on dose. RESULTS The CTV-PTV margins decreased with increasing CBCT frequencies and were close to 5 mm for CBCTijkl and CBCT12345. For the ipsilateral breast ROI, SGRT errors were larger in the AP direction, and target doses were higher in all modes than in the whole breast ROI (P < 0.05). In the ipsilateral ROI, the target dose correlations between all modes increased with increasing CBCT time intervals, decreased, and then increased with increasing CBCT frequencies, with the inflection point being CBCT participation at week 5. The dose deviations in CBCT123, CBCT124, CBCT125, CBCTijkl, and CBCT12345 were minimal and did not differ significantly (P > 0.05). There was excellent agreement between CBCT124 and CBCT1234, and between (CBCTijkl, CBCT12345) and CBCT125 in determining the classification for the percentage of PTV deviation (Kappa = 0.704-0.901). In addition, there were weak correlations between the patient's Dips_b (ipsilateral breast diameter with bolus) and CTV doses in modes with CBCT participation at week 4 (R = 0.270 to 0.480). CONCLUSIONS Based on weekly CBCT, these modes with ipsilateral ROI and a combination of daily SGRT and a CBCT frequency of ≥ 3 were recommended, and CBCT was required at weeks 1 and 2 for CBCTijk.
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- Haiyan Peng
- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
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Taylor S, Lim P, Cantwell J, D’Souza D, Moinuddin S, Chang YC, Gaze MN, Gains J, Veiga C. Image guidance and interfractional anatomical variation in paediatric abdominal radiotherapy. Br J Radiol 2023; 96:20230058. [PMID: 37102707 PMCID: PMC10230397 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20230058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To identify variables predicting interfractional anatomical variations measured with cone-beam CT (CBCT) throughout abdominal paediatric radiotherapy, and to assess the potential of surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) to monitor these changes. METHODS Metrics of variation in gastrointestinal (GI) gas volume and separation of the body contour and abdominal wall were calculated from 21 planning CTs and 77 weekly CBCTs for 21 abdominal neuroblastoma patients (median 4 years, range: 2 - 19 years). Age, sex, feeding tubes, and general anaesthesia (GA) were explored as predictive variables for anatomical variation. Furthermore, GI gas variation was correlated with changes in body and abdominal wall separation, as well as simulated SGRT metrics of translational and rotational corrections between CT/CBCT. RESULTS GI gas volumes varied 74 ± 54 ml across all scans, while body and abdominal wall separation varied 2.0 ± 0.7 mm and 4.1 ± 1.5 mm from planning, respectively. Patients < 3.5 years (p = 0.04) and treated under GA (p < 0.01) experienced greater GI gas variation; GA was the strongest predictor in multivariate analysis (p < 0.01). Absence of feeding tubes was linked to greater body contour variation (p = 0.03). GI gas variation correlated with body (R = 0.53) and abdominal wall (R = 0.63) changes. The strongest correlations with SGRT metrics were found for anterior-posterior translation (R = 0.65) and rotation of the left-right axis (R = -0.36). CONCLUSIONS Young age, GA, and absence of feeding tubes were linked to stronger interfractional anatomical variation and are likely indicative of patients benefiting from adaptive/robust planning pathways. Our data suggest a role for SGRT to inform the need for CBCT at each treatment fraction in this patient group. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This is the first study to suggest the potential role of SGRT for the management of internal interfractional anatomical variation in paediatric abdominal radiotherapy.
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- Sabrina Taylor
- University College London, Centre for Medical Image Computing, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Radiotherapy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Radiotherapy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Radiotherapy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London, Centre for Medical Image Computing, London, United Kingdom
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Mannerberg A, Konradsson E, Kügele M, Edvardsson A, Kadhim M, Ceberg C, Peterson K, Thomasson HM, Arendt ML, Børresen B, Jensen KB, Ceberg S. Surface guided electron FLASH radiotherapy for canine cancer patients. Med Phys 2023. [PMID: 37190907 DOI: 10.1002/mp.16453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During recent years FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) has shown promising results in radiation oncology, with the potential to spare normal tissue while maintaining the antitumor effects. The high speed of the FLASH-RT delivery increases the need for fast and precise motion monitoring to avoid underdosing the target. Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) uses surface imaging (SI) to render a 3D surface of the patient. SI provides real-time motion monitoring and has a large scanning field of view, covering off-isocentric positions. However, SI has so far only been used for human patients with conventional setup and treatment. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of SI as a motion management tool during electron FLASH-RT of canine cancer patients. METHODS To evaluate the SI system's ability to render surfaces of fur, three fur-like blankets in white, grey, and black were used to imitate the surface of canine patients and the camera settings were optimized for each blanket. Phantom measurements using the fur blankets were carried out, simulating respiratory motion and sudden shift. Respiratory motion was simulated using the QUASAR Respiratory Motion Phantom with the fur blankets placed on the phantom platform, which moved 10 mm vertically with a simulated respiratory period of 4 s. Sudden motion was simulated with an in-house developed phantom, consisting of a platform which was moved vertically in a stepwise motion at a chosen frequency. For sudden measurements, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 Hz were measured. All measurements were both carried out at the conventional source-to-surface distance (SSD) of 100 cm, and in the locally used FLASH-RT setup at SSD = 70 cm. The capability of the SI system to reproduce the simulated motion and the sampling time were evaluated. As an initial step towards clinical implementation, the feasibility of SI for surface guided FLASH-RT was evaluated for 11 canine cancer patients. RESULTS The SI camera was capable of rendering surfaces for all blankets. The deviation between simulated and measured mean peak-to-peak breathing amplitude was within 0.6 mm for all blankets. The sampling time was generally higher for the black fur than for the white and grey fur, for the measurement of both respiratory and sudden motion. The SI system could measure sudden motion within 62.5 ms and detect motion with a frequency of 10 Hz. The feasibility study of the canine patients showed that the SI system could be an important tool to ensure patient safety. By using this system we could ensure and document that 10 out of 11 canine patients had a total vector offset from the reference setup position <2 mm immediately before and after irradiation. CONCLUSIONS We have shown that SI can be used for surface guided FLASH-RT of canine patients. The SI system is currently not fast enough to interrupt a FLASH-RT beam while irradiating but with the short sampling time sudden motion can be detected. The beam can therefore be held just prior to irradiation, preventing treatment errors such as underdosing the target.
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Hematology- Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Hematology- Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology- Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology- Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Oncology, MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Hematology- Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Dekker J, Essers M, Verheij M, Kusters M, de Kruijf W. Dose coverage and breath-hold analysis of breast cancer patients treated with surface-guided radiotherapy. Radiat Oncol 2023; 18:72. [PMID: 37081477 PMCID: PMC10116713 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-023-02261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) is used to ensure a reproducible patient set-up and for intra-fraction motion monitoring. The arm position of breast cancer patients is important, since this is related to the position of the surrounding lymph nodes. The aim of the study was to investigate the set-up accuracy of the arm of patients positioned using SGRT. Moreover, the actual delivered dose was investigated and an extensive breath-hold analysis was performed. METHODS 84 patients who received local or locoregional breast radiation therapy were positioned and monitored using SGRT. The accuracy of the arm position, represented by the clavicle position, was studied on the anterior-posterior kV-image. To investigate the effect of changes in anatomy and patient set-up, the actual delivered dose was calculated on cone-beam CT-scans (CBCT). A deformable registration of the CT to the CBCT was applied to deform the structures of the CT onto the CBCT. The minimum dose in percentage of the prescribed dose that was received by 98% of different CTV volumes (D98) was determined. An extensive breath-hold analysis was performed and definitions for relevant parameters were given. RESULTS The arm position of 77 out of 84 patients in total was successful, based on the clavicle rotation. The mean clavicle rotation was 0.4° (± 2.0°). For 89.8% of the patients who were irradiated on the whole-breast D98 was larger than 95% of the prescribed dose (D98 > 95%). D98 > 95% applied for 70.8% of the patients irradiated on the chest wall. Concerning the lymph node CTVs, D98 > 95% for at least 95% of the patients. The breath-hold analysis showed a mean residual setup error of - 0.015 (± 0.90), - 0.18 (± 0.82), - 0.58 (± 1.1) mm in vertical, lateral, and longitudinal direction, respectively. The reproducibility and stability of the breath-hold was good, with median 0.60 mm (95% confidence interval (CI) [0.66-0.71] mm) and 0.20 mm (95% CI 0.21-0.23] mm), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Using SGRT we were able to position breast cancer patients successfully, with focus on the arm position. The actual delivered dose calculated on the CBCT was adequate and no relation between clavicle rotation and actual delivered dose was found. Moreover, breath-hold analysis showed a good reproducibility and stability of the breath-hold. Trial registration CCMO register NL69214.028.19.
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- Janita Dekker
- Instituut Verbeeten, Klinische fysica & instrumentatie, Postbus 90120, 5000 LA, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
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- Instituut Verbeeten, Klinische fysica & instrumentatie, Postbus 90120, 5000 LA, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 32, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 32, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Instituut Verbeeten, Klinische fysica & instrumentatie, Postbus 90120, 5000 LA, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Zhang G, Jiang Z, Zhu J, Dai T, He X, Liu X, Chang Y, Wang L. Innovative integration of augmented reality and optical surface imaging: A coarse-to-precise system for radiotherapy positioning. Med Phys 2023. [PMID: 37060328 DOI: 10.1002/mp.16417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Traditional methods of radiotherapy positioning have shortcomings such as fragile skin-markers, additional doses, and lack of information integration. Emerging technologies may provide alternatives for the relevant clinical practice. PURPOSE To propose a noninvasive radiotherapy positioning system integrating augmented reality (AR) and optical surface, and to evaluate its feasibility in clinical workflow. METHODS AR and structured light-based surface were integrated to implement the coarse-to-precise positioning through two coherent steps, the AR-based coarse guidance and the optical surface-based precise verification. To implement quality assurance, recognition of face and pattern was used for patient authentication, case association, and accessory validation in AR scenes. The holographic images reconstructed from simulation computed tomography (CT) images, guided the initial posture correction by virtual-real alignment. The point clouds of body surface were fused, with the calibration and pose estimation of structured light cameras, and segmented according to the preset regions of interest (ROIs). The global-to-local registration for cross-source point clouds was achieved to calculate couch shifts in six degrees-of-freedom (DoF), which were ultimately transmitted to AR scenes. The evaluation based on phantom and human-body (4 volunteers) included, (i) quality assurance workflow, (ii) errors of both steps and correlation analysis, (iii) receiver operating characteristic (ROC), (iv) distance characteristics of accuracy, and (v) clinical positioning efficiency. RESULTS The maximum errors in phantom evaluation were 3.4 ± 2.5 mm in Vrt and 1.4 ± 1.0° in Pitch for the coarse guidance step, while 1.6 ± 0.9 mm in Vrt and 0.6 ± 0.4° in Pitch for the precise verification step. The Pearson correlation coefficients between precise verification and cone beam CT (CBCT) results were distributed in the interval [0.81, 0.85]. In ROC analysis, the areas under the curve (AUC) were 0.87 and 0.89 for translation and rotation, respectively. In human body-based evaluation, the errors of thorax and abdomen (T&A) were significantly greater than those of head and neck (H&N) in Vrt (2.6 ± 1.1 vs. 1.7 ± 0.8, p < 0.01), Lng (2.3 ± 1.1 vs. 1.4 ± 0.9, p < 0.01), and Rtn (0.8 ± 0.4 vs. 0.6 ± 0.3, p = 0.01) while relatively similar in Lat (1.8 ± 0.9 vs. 1.7 ± 0.8, p = 0.07). The translation displacement range, after coarse guidance step, required for high accuracy of the optical surface component of the integrated system was 0-42 mm, and the average positioning duration of the integrated system was significantly less than that of conventional workflow (355.7 ± 21.7 vs. 387.7 ± 26.6 s, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The combination of AR and optical surface has utility and feasibility for patient positioning, in terms of both safety and accuracy.
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- Gongsen Zhang
- Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Physics and Technology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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Kang S, Jin H, Chang JH, Jang BS, Shin KH, Choi CH, Kim JI. Evaluation of initial patient setup methods for breast cancer between surface-guided radiation therapy and laser alignment based on skin marking in the Halcyon system. Radiat Oncol 2023; 18:60. [PMID: 37016351 PMCID: PMC10071653 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-023-02250-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency and accuracy of the daily patient setup for breast cancer patients by applying surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) using the Halcyon system instead of conventional laser alignment based on the skin marking method. METHODS AND MATERIALS We retrospectively investigated 228 treatment fractions using two different initial patient setup methods. The accuracy of the residual rotational error of the SGRT system was evaluated by using an in-house breast phantom. The residual translational error was analyzed using the couch position difference in the vertical, longitudinal, and lateral directions between the reference computed tomography and daily kilo-voltage cone beam computed tomography acquired from the record and verification system. The residual rotational error (pitch, yaw, and roll) was also calculated using an auto rigid registration between the two images based on Velocity. The total setup time, which combined the initial setup time and imaging time, was analyzed to evaluate the efficiency of the daily patient setup for SGRT. RESULTS The average residual rotational errors using the in-house fabricated breast phantom for pitch, roll, and yaw were 0.14°, 0.13°, and 0.29°, respectively. The average differences in the couch positions for laser alignment based on the skin marking method were 2.7 ± 1.6 mm, 2.0 ± 1.2 mm, and 2.1 ± 1.0 mm for the vertical, longitudinal, and lateral directions, respectively. For SGRT, the average differences in the couch positions were 1.9 ± 1.2 mm, 2.9 ± 2.1 mm, and 1.9 ± 0.7 mm for the vertical, longitudinal, and lateral directions, respectively. The rotational errors for pitch, yaw, and roll without the surface-guided radiation therapy approach were 0.32 ± 0.30°, 0.51 ± 0.24°, and 0.29 ± 0.22°, respectively. For SGRT, the rotational errors were 0.30 ± 0.22°, 0.51 ± 0.26°, and 0.19 ± 0.13°, respectively. The average total setup times considering both the initial setup time and imaging time were 314 s and 331 s, respectively, with and without SGRT. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that using SGRT improves the accuracy and efficiency of initial patient setups in breast cancer patients using the Halcyon system, which has limitations in correcting the rotational offset.
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- Seonghee Kang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Crop F, Laffarguette J, Achag I, Pasquier D, Mirabel X, Cayez R, Lacornerie T. Evaluation of surface image guidance and Deep inspiration Breath Hold technique for breast treatments with Halcyon. Phys Med 2023; 108:102564. [PMID: 36989980 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy/agreement of a three-camera Catalyst Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) system on a closed-gantry Halcyon for Free-Breathing (FB) and Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) breast-only treatments. METHODS The SGRT positioning agreement with Halcyon couch and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was evaluated on phantom and by evaluation of 2401 FB and 855 DIBH breast-only treatment sessions. The DIBH agreement was evaluated using a programmable moving support. Dose agreement was evaluated for manual SGRT-assisted beam interruption and Halcyon arc beam interruption. RESULTS Geometrical phantom agreement was < 0.4 mm. Couch and SGRT agreement for an anthropomorphic phantom resulted in 95% limits of agreement in Right-Left/Feet-Head/Posterior-Anterior (RL/FH/PA) directions of respectively ± 0.4/0.8/0.5 mm and ± 1.1/1.1/0.6 mm in the virtual and real isocenter. FB-SGRT-assisted patient positioning compared to CBCT positioning resulted in RL/FH/PA systematic differences of -0.1/0.1/2.0 mm with standard deviations of 2.7/2.8/2.4 mm. This mean systematic difference had three origins: a) couch sag/isocenter difference of ≤ 0.5 mm. b) Average reconstructed FB-CBCT images do not visually represent the average respiratory position. c) CBCT-based positioning focused on the inner thoracic interface, which can introduce a mean positioning difference between SGRT and CBCT. Manual SGRT-assisted beam interruption and arc interruptions resulted in mean gamma passing rates > 97% (0.5%/0.5 mm) and mean absolute differences < 0.3%. CONCLUSIONS Accuracy was comparable with breast-only C-arm SGRT techniques, with different tradeoffs. Depending on the patient's morphology, real-time tracking accuracy in the real isocenter can be reduced. This study demonstrates possible discordances between SGRT and CBCT positioning for breast.
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Shao HC, Li Y, Wang J, Jiang S, Zhang Y. Real-time liver tumor localization via combined surface imaging and a single x-ray projection. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68:065002. [PMID: 36731143 PMCID: PMC10394117 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acb889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Objective. Real-time imaging, a building block of real-time adaptive radiotherapy, provides instantaneous knowledge of anatomical motion to drive delivery adaptation to improve patient safety and treatment efficacy. The temporal constraint of real-time imaging (<500 milliseconds) significantly limits the imaging signals that can be acquired, rendering volumetric imaging and 3D tumor localization extremely challenging. Real-time liver imaging is particularly difficult, compounded by the low soft tissue contrast within the liver. We proposed a deep learning (DL)-based framework (Surf-X-Bio), to track 3D liver tumor motion in real-time from combined optical surface image and a single on-board x-ray projection.Approach. Surf-X-Bio performs mesh-based deformable registration to track/localize liver tumors volumetrically via three steps. First, a DL model was built to estimate liver boundary motion from an optical surface image, using learnt motion correlations between the respiratory-induced external body surface and liver boundary. Second, the residual liver boundary motion estimation error was further corrected by a graph neural network-based DL model, using information extracted from a single x-ray projection. Finally, a biomechanical modeling-driven DL model was applied to solve the intra-liver motion for tumor localization, using the liver boundary motion derived via prior steps.Main results. Surf-X-Bio demonstrated higher accuracy and better robustness in tumor localization, as compared to surface-image-only and x-ray-only models. By Surf-X-Bio, the mean (±s.d.) 95-percentile Hausdorff distance of the liver boundary from the 'ground-truth' decreased from 9.8 (±4.5) (before motion estimation) to 2.4 (±1.6) mm. The mean (±s.d.) center-of-mass localization error of the liver tumors decreased from 8.3 (±4.8) to 1.9 (±1.6) mm.Significance. Surf-X-Bio can accurately track liver tumors from combined surface imaging and x-ray imaging. The fast computational speed (<250 milliseconds per inference) allows it to be applied clinically for real-time motion management and adaptive radiotherapy.
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- Hua-Chieh Shao
- The Advanced Imaging and Informatics for Radiation Therapy (AIRT) Laboratory, The Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States of America
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- The Advanced Imaging and Informatics for Radiation Therapy (AIRT) Laboratory, The Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States of America
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- The Advanced Imaging and Informatics for Radiation Therapy (AIRT) Laboratory, The Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States of America
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- The Advanced Imaging and Informatics for Radiation Therapy (AIRT) Laboratory, The Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States of America
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- The Advanced Imaging and Informatics for Radiation Therapy (AIRT) Laboratory, The Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States of America
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Douglass M, Gorayski P, Patel S, Santos A. Synthetic cranial MRI from 3D optical surface scans using deep learning for radiation therapy treatment planning. Phys Eng Sci Med 2023; 46:367-375. [PMID: 36752996 PMCID: PMC10030422 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-023-01229-4] [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: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Optical scanning technologies are increasingly being utilised to supplement treatment workflows in radiation oncology, such as surface-guided radiotherapy or 3D printing custom bolus. One limitation of optical scanning devices is the absence of internal anatomical information of the patient being scanned. As a result, conventional radiation therapy treatment planning using this imaging modality is not feasible. Deep learning is useful for automating various manual tasks in radiation oncology, most notably, organ segmentation and treatment planning. Deep learning models have also been used to transform MRI datasets into synthetic CT datasets, facilitating the development of MRI-only radiation therapy planning. AIMS To train a pix2pix generative adversarial network to transform 3D optical scan data into estimated MRI datasets for a given patient to provide additional anatomical data for a select few radiation therapy treatment sites. The proposed network may provide useful anatomical information for treatment planning of surface mould brachytherapy, total body irradiation, and total skin electron therapy, for example, without delivering any imaging dose. METHODS A 2D pix2pix GAN was trained on 15,000 axial MRI slices of healthy adult brains paired with corresponding external mask slices. The model was validated on a further 5000 previously unseen external mask slices. The predictions were compared with the "ground-truth" MRI slices using the multi-scale structural similarity index (MSSI) metric. A certified neuro-radiologist was subsequently consulted to provide an independent review of the model's performance in terms of anatomical accuracy and consistency. The network was then applied to a 3D photogrammetry scan of a test subject to demonstrate the feasibility of this novel technique. RESULTS The trained pix2pix network predicted MRI slices with a mean MSSI of 0.831 ± 0.057 for the 5000 validation images indicating that it is possible to estimate a significant proportion of a patient's gross cranial anatomy from a patient's exterior contour. When independently reviewed by a certified neuro-radiologist, the model's performance was described as "quite amazing, but there are limitations in the regions where there is wide variation within the normal population." When the trained network was applied to a 3D model of a human subject acquired using optical photogrammetry, the network could estimate the corresponding MRI volume for that subject with good qualitative accuracy. However, a ground-truth MRI baseline was not available for quantitative comparison. CONCLUSIONS A deep learning model was developed, to transform 3D optical scan data of a patient into an estimated MRI volume, potentially increasing the usefulness of optical scanning in radiation therapy planning. This work has demonstrated that much of the human cranial anatomy can be predicted from the external shape of the head and may provide an additional source of valuable imaging data. Further research is required to investigate the feasibility of this approach for use in a clinical setting and further improve the model's accuracy.
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- Michael Douglass
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
- Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research, SAHMRI, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research, SAHMRI, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- University of South Australia, Allied Health & Human Performance, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research, SAHMRI, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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Offersen BV, Aznar MC, Bacchus C, Coppes RP, Deutsch E, Georg D, Haustermans K, Hoskin P, Krause M, Lartigau EF, Lee AWM, Löck S, Thwaites DI, van der Kogel AJ, van der Heide U, Valentini V, Overgaard J, Baumann M. The role of ESTRO guidelines in achieving consistency and quality in clinical radiation oncology practice. Radiother Oncol 2023; 179:109446. [PMID: 36566990 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.109446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Birgitte Vrou Offersen
- Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; Danish Center for Particle Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, Section Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut d'Oncologie Thoracique (IOT), Gustave Roussy, France
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- Division Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Germany
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- Academic Department of Radiotherapy, Oscar Lambret Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lille, France
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Cancer Metastasis and Personalized Therapy, University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, China
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia; Radiotherapy Research Group, St James's Hospital and University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, UOC Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Qubala A, Schwahofer A, Jersemann S, Eskandarian S, Harrabi S, Naumann P, Winter M, Ellerbrock M, Shafee J, Abtehi S, Herfarth K, Debus J, Jäkel O. Optimizing the Patient Positioning Workflow of Patients with Pelvis, Limb, and Chest/Spine Tumors at an Ion-Beam Gantry based on Optical Surface Guidance. Adv Radiat Oncol 2022; 8:101105. [PMID: 36624871 PMCID: PMC9822948 DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.101105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Purpose Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) has been investigated intensively to ensure correct patient positioning during a radiation therapy course. Although the implementation is well defined for photon-beam facilities, only a few analyses have been published for ion-beam therapy centers. To investigate the accuracy, reliability, and efficiency of SGRT used in ion-beam treatments against the conventional skin marks, a retrospective study of a unique SGRT installation in an ion gantry treatment room was conducted, where the environment is quite different to conventional radiation therapy. Methods and Materials There were 32 patients, divided into 3 cohorts-pelvis, limb, and chest/spine tumors-and treated with ion-beams. Two patient positioning workflows based on 300 fractions were compared: workflow with skin marks and workflow with SGRT. Position verification was followed by planar kilo voltage imaging. After image matching, 6 degrees of freedom corrections were recorded to assess interfraction positioning errors. In addition, the time required for patient positioning, image matching, and the number of repeated kilo voltage imaging also were gathered. Results SGRT decreased the translational magnitude shifts significantly (P < .05) by 0.5 ± 1.4 mm for pelvis and 1.9 ± 0.5 mm for limb, whereas for chest/spine, it increased by 0.7 ± 0.3 mm. Rotational corrections were predominantly lowered with SGRT for all cohorts with significant differences in pitch for pelvis (P = .002) and chest/spine (P = .009). The patient positioning time decreased by 18%, 9%, and 15% for pelvis, limb, and chest/spine, respectively, compared with skin marks. By using SGRT, 53% of all studied patients had faster positioning time, and 87.5% had faster matching time. Repositioning and consequent reimaging decreased from about 7% to 2% with a statistically significant difference of .042. Conclusions The quality of patient positioning before ion-beam treatments has been optimized by using SGRT without additional imaging dose. SGRT clearly reduced inefficiencies in the patient positioning workflow.
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- Abdallah Qubala
- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Corresponding author: Abdallah Qubala, MSc
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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Svestad JG, Heydari M, Mikalsen SG, Flote VG, Nordby F, Hellebust TP. Surface-guided positioning eliminates the need for skin markers in radiotherapy of right sided breast cancer: A single center randomized crossover trial. Radiother Oncol 2022; 177:46-52. [PMID: 36309152 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To prospectively investigate whether surface guided setup of right sided breast cancer patients can increase efficiency and accuracy compared to traditional skin marker/tattoo based setup. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-five patients were included in this study. Each patient was positioned using skin marks and tattoos (procedure A) for half of the fractions and surface guidance using AlignRT (procedure B) for the other half of the fractions. The order of the two procedures was randomized. Pretreatment CBCT was acquired at every fraction for both setup procedures. A total of ten time points were recorded during every treatment session. Applied couch shifts after CBCT match were recorded and used for potential error calculations if no CBCT had been used. RESULTS In the vertical direction procedure B showed significant smaller population based systematic (Ʃ) and random (σ) errors. However, a significant larger systematic error on the individual patient level (M) was also shown. This was found to be due to patient relaxation between setup and CBCT matching. Procedure B also showed a significant smaller random error in the lateral direction, while no significant differences were seen in the longitudinal direction. No significant difference in setup time was found between the two procedures. CONCLUSION Setup of right sided breast cancer patients using surface guidance yields higher accuracy than setup using skin marks/tattoos and lasers with the same setup time. Patient alignment for this patient group can safely be done without the use of permanent tattoos and skin marks when utilizing surface-guided patient positioning. However, CBCT should still be used as final setup verification.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway.
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Abdollahi S, Yazdi MHH, Mowlavi AA, Ceberg S, Aznar MC, Tabrizi FV, Salek R, Ghodsi A, Jamali F. Surface guided 3DCRT in deep-inspiration breath-hold for left sided breast cancer radiotherapy: implementation and first clinical experience in Iran. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 2022; 27:881-896. [PMID: 36523810 PMCID: PMC9746649 DOI: 10.5603/rpor.a2022.0103] [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: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background The aim of the study is to evaluate the overall accuracy of the surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) workflow through a comprehensive commissioning and quality assurance procedures and assess the potential benefits of deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) radiotherapy as a cardiac and lung dose reduction approach for left-sided breast cancer irradiation. Materials and methods Accuracy and reproducibility of the optical surface scanner used for DIBH treatment were evaluated using different phantoms. Patient positioning accuracy and reproducibility of DIBH treatment were evaluated. Twenty patients were studied for treatment plan quality in target dose coverage and healthy organ sparing for the two different treatment techniques. Results Reproducibility tests for the surface scanner showed good stability within 1 mm in all directions. The maximum position variation between applied shifts on the couch and the scanner measured offsets is 1 mm in all directions. The clinical study of 200 fractions showed good agreement between the surface scanner and portal imaging with the isocenter position deviation of less than 3 mm in each lateral, longitudinal, and vertical direction. The standard deviation of the DIBH level showed a value of < 2 mm during all evaluated DIBHs. Compared to the free breathing (FB) technique, DIBH showed significant reduction of 48% for heart mean dose, 43% for heart V25, and 20% for ipsilateral lung V20. Conclusion Surface-guided radiotherapy can be regarded as an accurate tool for patient positioning and monitoring in breast radiotherapy. DIBH treatment are considered to be effective techniques in heart and ipsilateral lung dose reductions for left breast radiotherapy.
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- Sara Abdollahi
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Medical Physics Department, Reza Radiotherapy and Oncology Center, Mashhad, Iran
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Reza Radiotherapy and Oncology Center, Mashhad, Iran
- Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Statistics, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Medical Physics Department, Reza Radiotherapy and Oncology Center, Mashhad, Iran
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Li G. Advances and potential of optical surface imaging in radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67:10.1088/1361-6560/ac838f. [PMID: 35868290 PMCID: PMC10958463 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac838f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This article reviews the recent advancements and future potential of optical surface imaging (OSI) in clinical applications as a four-dimensional (4D) imaging modality for surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT), including OSI systems, clinical SGRT applications, and OSI-based clinical research. The OSI is a non-ionizing radiation imaging modality, offering real-time 3D surface imaging with a large field of view (FOV), suitable for in-room interactive patient setup, and real-time motion monitoring at any couch rotation during radiotherapy. So far, most clinical SGRT applications have focused on treating superficial breast cancer or deep-seated brain cancer in rigid anatomy, because the skin surface can serve as tumor surrogates in these two clinical scenarios, and the procedures for breast treatments in free-breathing (FB) or at deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH), and for cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and radiotherapy (SRT) are well developed. When using the skin surface as a body-position surrogate, SGRT promises to replace the traditional tattoo/laser-based setup. However, this requires new SGRT procedures for all anatomical sites and new workflows from treatment simulation to delivery. SGRT studies in other anatomical sites have shown slightly higher accuracy and better performance than a tattoo/laser-based setup. In addition, radiographical image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is still necessary, especially for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). To go beyond the external body surface and infer an internal tumor motion, recent studies have shown the clinical potential of OSI-based spirometry to measure dynamic tidal volume as a tumor motion surrogate, and Cherenkov surface imaging to guide and assess treatment delivery. As OSI provides complete datasets of body position, deformation, and motion, it offers an opportunity to replace fiducial-based optical tracking systems. After all, SGRT has great potential for further clinical applications. In this review, OSI technology, applications, and potential are discussed since its first introduction to radiotherapy in 2005, including technical characterization, different commercial systems, and major clinical applications, including conventional SGRT on top of tattoo/laser-based alignment and new SGRT techniques attempting to replace tattoo/laser-based setup. The clinical research for OSI-based tumor tracking is reviewed, including OSI-based spirometry and OSI-guided tumor tracking models. Ongoing clinical research has created more SGRT opportunities for clinical applications beyond the current scope.
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- Guang Li
- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, United States of America
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Mast M. Introduction to: Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT). Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol 2022; 22:37-38. [PMID: 35464887 PMCID: PMC9027274 DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Batista V, Gober M, Moura F, Webster A, Oellers M, Ramtohul M, Kügele M, Freislederer P, Buschmann M, Anastasi G, Steiner E, Al-Hallaq H, Lehmann J. Surface guided radiation therapy: An international survey on current clinical practice. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol 2022; 22:1-8. [PMID: 35402740 PMCID: PMC8984757 DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Introduction Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) is being increasingly implemented into clinical practice across a number of techniques and irradiation-sites. This technology, which is provided by different vendors, can be used with most simulation- and delivery-systems. However, limited guidelines and the complexity of clinical settings have led to diverse patterns of operation. With the aim to understand current clinical practice a survey was designed focusing on specifics of the clinical implementation and usage. Materials and methods A 32-question survey covered: type and number of systems, quality assurance (QA), clinical workflows, and identification of strengths/limitations. Respondents from different professional groups and countries were invited to participate. The survey was distributed internationally via ESTRO-membership, social media and vendors. Results Of the 278 institutions responding, 172 had at least one SGRT-system and 136 use SGRT clinically. Implementation and QA were primarily based on the vendors' recommendations and phantoms. SGRT was mainly implemented in breast RT (116/136), with strong but diverse representation of other sites. Many (58/135) reported at least partial elimination of skin-marks and a third (43/126) used open-masks. The most common imaging protocol reported included the combination of radiographic imaging with SGRT. Patient positioning (115/136), motion management (104/136) and DIBH (99/136) were the main applications.Main barriers to broader application were cost, system integration issues and lack of demonstrated clinical value. A lack of guidelines in terms of QA of the system was highlighted. Conclusions This overview of the SGRT status has the potential to support users, vendors and organisations in the development of practices, products and guidelines.
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- V Batista
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), National Center for Radiation Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.,Institute for Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Hospital CUF Descobertas, Department of Radiation Oncology, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Radiotherapy and Proton Beam Therapy, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- MAASTRO Clinic, Department of Medical Physics, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- St. Luke's Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey Foundation Trust, Radiotherapy Physics, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, USA
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia.,School of Information and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.,Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
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Naidoo W, Leech M. Feasibility of surface guided radiotherapy for patient positioning in breast radiotherapy versus conventional tattoo-based setups- a systematic review. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol 2022; 22:39-49. [PMID: 35481261 PMCID: PMC9035716 DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Traditionally tattoos are used for patient setup in radiotherapy. However they may pose challenges for the radiotherapists to achieve precise patient alignment, and serve as a permanent visual reminder of the patient’s diagnosis and often challenging cancer journey. The psychological impact of tattoos has been recognized in recent years. The increasing complexity of treatment techniques and the utilization of hypofractionated regimes, requires an enhanced level of accuracy and safety. Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) enables improvements in the accuracy and reproducibility of patient isocentric and postural alignment, enhanced efficiency, and safety in breast radiotherapy. Purpose The aim of this review was to compare the accuracy and reproducibility of SGRT to conventional tattoo-based setups in free-breathing breast radiotherapy and to determine if SGRT can reduce the frequency of routine image guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Materials and Methods A systematic literature review was performed as per PRISMA guidelines. Papers identified through PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Google Scholar database searches between 2010 and 2021, were critically appraised. Systematic, random, mean residual errors and 3D vector shifts as determined by IGRT verification were analysed. Results A review of 13 full papers suggests SGRT improves the accuracy and reproducibility of patient setup in breast radiotherapy with consistent reductions in the residual errors. There appears to be a good correlation between SGRT setups and radiographic imaging. The frequency of IGRT and the corresponding dose could potentially be reduced. Additionally, SGRT improves treatment efficiency. Conclusion SGRT appears to have improved the accuracy and reproducibility of patient setup and treatment efficiency of breast radiotherapy compared to conventional tattoo/laser-based method, with the potential to reduce the frequency of routine IGRT. The reliance on tattoos in breast radiotherapy are likely to become obsolete with positive implications for both patients and clinical practice.
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Freislederer P, Batista V, Öllers M, Buschmann M, Steiner E, Kügele M, Fracchiolla F, Corradini S, de Smet M, Moura F, Perryck S, Dionisi F, Nguyen D, Bert C, Lehmann J. ESTRO-ACROP guideline on surface guided radiation therapy. Radiother Oncol 2022; 173:188-196. [PMID: 35661677 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2022.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Surface guidance systems enable patient positioning and motion monitoring without using ionising radiation. Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) has therefore been widely adopted in radiation therapy in recent years, but guidelines on workflows and specific quality assurance (QA) are lacking. This ESTRO-ACROP guideline aims to give recommendations concerning SGRT roles and responsibilities and highlights common challenges and potential errors. Comprehensive guidelines for procurement, acceptance, commissioning, and QA of SGRT systems installed on computed tomography (CT) simulators, C-arm linacs, closed-bore linacs, and particle therapy treatment systems are presented that will help move to a consensus among SGRT users and facilitate a safe and efficient implementation and clinical application of SGRT.
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- P Freislederer
- Department of Radiation Oncology, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy, MAASTRO, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna/AKH Wien, Austria
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- Institute for Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) Protontherapy Department, Trento, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics & Instrumentation, Institute Verbeeten, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Hospital CUF Descobertas, Department of Radiation Oncology, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCSS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Centre de Radiothérapie de Mâcon, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia; School of Information and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia; Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
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Al-Hallaq HA, Cerviño L, Gutierrez AN, Havnen-Smith A, Higgins SA, Kügele M, Padilla L, Pawlicki T, Remmes N, Smith K, Tang X, Tomé WA. AAPM task group report 302: Surface guided radiotherapy. Med Phys 2022; 49:e82-e112. [PMID: 35179229 PMCID: PMC9314008 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The clinical use of surface imaging has increased dramatically with demonstrated utility for initial patient positioning, real-time motion monitoring, and beam gating in a variety of anatomical sites. The Therapy Physics Subcommittee and the Imaging for Treatment Verification Working Group of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 302 to review the current clinical uses of surface imaging and emerging clinical applications. The specific charge of this task group was to provide technical guidelines for clinical indications of use for general positioning, breast deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) treatment, and frameless stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Additionally, the task group was charged with providing commissioning and on-going quality assurance (QA) requirements for surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) as part of a comprehensive QA program including risk assessment. Workflow considerations for other anatomic sites and for computed tomography (CT) simulation, including motion management are also discussed. Finally, developing clinical applications such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or proton radiotherapy are presented. The recommendations made in this report, which are summarized at the end of the report, are applicable to all video-based SGRT systems available at the time of writing. Review current use of non-ionizing surface imaging functionality and commercially available systems. Summarize commissioning and on-going quality assurance (QA) requirements of surface image-guided systems, including implementation of risk or hazard assessment of surface guided radiotherapy as a part of a total quality management program (e.g., TG-100). Provide clinically relevant technical guidelines that include recommendations for the use of SGRT for general patient positioning, breast DIBH, and frameless brain SRS, including potential pitfalls to avoid when implementing this technology. Discuss emerging clinical applications of SGRT and associated QA implications based on evaluation of technology and risk assessment. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Hania A Al-Hallaq
- Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL, 33173, USA
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University, Lund, 221 00, Sweden.,Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, 221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- IROC Rhode Island, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Lincoln, RI, 02865, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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Asada H, Takahashi Y, Ono Y, Kishi N, Matsuo Y, Mizowaki T, Nakayama T. Emotional Experiences of Skin Markings Among Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy and Related Factors: A Questionnaire-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Patient Prefer Adherence 2022; 16:1359-1369. [PMID: 35651663 PMCID: PMC9150759 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s361916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Patients undergoing radiotherapy often have their skin marked. Previous studies on skin markings examined the durability and physical effects of the markings, but no study has focused on patients' emotional experiences toward the markings. This study aimed to clarify how patients undergoing radiotherapy feel about skin markings, as well as factors that affect patients' emotional experiences. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire and medical records. Participants were patients aged ≥20 years undergoing cancer radiotherapy at a designated cancer care hospital. The primary outcome was the level of uncomfortable emotions toward skin markings, and the secondary outcome was the level of favorable ratings on skin markings. To examine factors related to uncomfortable emotions, ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS Questionnaire forms were distributed to 153 patients, and responses were collected from 132 (86%). Among 108 patients included in the analysis, 56% (59/105, excluding 3 who did not answer this question) responded that they were uncomfortable with skin markings. The proportion of patients who favorably rated skin markings was 63% (59/93, excluding 15 who did not answer this question). No factors were significantly associated with the primary outcome. CONCLUSION Many patients accepted skin markings with resignation, as they understood the necessity of the markings in their treatment. Medical staff should understand the emotional experiences of patients toward skin markings and take sufficient care to ensure that they are provided with explanations, including the impact of skin markings on their daily lives, as well as a sense of security that treatment is being performed in a precise manner.
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- Hiromi Asada
- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
- Correspondence: Hiromi Asada, Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan, Tel/Fax +81-75-753-9479, Email
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Image-Applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Wang G, Song X, Li G, Duan L, Li Z, Dai G, Bai L, Xiao Q, Zhang X, Song Y, Bai S. Correlation of Optical Surface Respiratory Motion Signal and Internal Lung and Liver Tumor Motion: A Retrospective Single-Center Observational Study. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2022; 21:15330338221112280. [PMID: 35791642 PMCID: PMC9272160 DOI: 10.1177/15330338221112280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Purpose: Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) application has limitations. This study aimed to explore the relationship between patient characteristics and their external/internal correlation to qualitatively assess the external/internal correlation in a particular patient. Methods: Liver and lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy in our institution were retrospectively analyzed. The external/internal correlation were calculated with Spearman correlation coefficient (SCC) and SCC after support vector regression (SVR) fitting (SCCsvr). The relationship between the external/internal correlation and magnitudes of motion of the tumor and external marker (Ai, Ae), tumor volume Vt, patient age, gender, and tumor location were explored. Results: The external/internal motions of liver and lung cancer patients were strongly correlated in the S-I direction, with mean SCCsvr values of 0.913 and 0.813. The correlation coefficients between the external/internal correlations and the patients’ characteristics (Ai, Ae, Vt, and age) were all smaller than 0.5; Ai, Ae and liver tumor volumes were positively correlated with the strength of the external/internal correlation, while lung tumor volumes and patient age were negative. The external/internal correlations in males and females were roughly equal, and the external/internal correlations in patients with peripheral lung cancers were stronger than those in patients with central lung cancers. Conclusion: The external/internal correlation shows great individual differences. The effects of Ai, Ae, Vt, and age are weakly to moderately correlated. Our results suggest the necessity of individualized assessment of patient's external/internal motion correlation prior to the application of SGRT technique for breath motion monitoring.
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- Guangyu Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, 74566The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, 12530Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Blake N, Pereira L, Eaton DJ, Dobson D. Surface-guided radiotherapy for lung cancer can reduce the number of close patient contacts without compromising initial setup accuracy. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol 2021; 20:61-63. [PMID: 34988300 PMCID: PMC8710980 DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.11.005] [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: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) can assist with patient setup by providing a real-time feedback mechanism over the whole patient treatment surface. It also has the potential to reduce the number of close contacts between staff and the patient, which is advocated for infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Residual translations and rotations (post-CBCT) were acquired following a conventional setup protocol (using permanent marks and lasers) and an SGRT setup protocol. The SGRT protocol resulted in one of the two therapeutic radiographers not having any close contact (<2m) with a patient during setup. Data from 702 imaging sessions showed similar setup accuracy with either protocol, fewer large translations and fewer repeat setup occurrences using the SGRT protocol. The potential of SGRT for infection control should be recognised alongside other benefits.
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- Nicola Blake
- Department of Radiotherapy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,Corresponding author at: Guy’s Cancer Centre, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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de Crevoisier R, Lafond C, Mervoyer A, Hulot C, Jaksic N, Bessières I, Delpon G. Image-guided radiotherapy. Cancer Radiother 2021; 26:34-49. [PMID: 34953701 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2021.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We present the updated recommendations of the French society for oncological radiotherapy on image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). The objective of the IGRT is to take into account the anatomical variations of the target volume occurring between or during the irradiation fractions, such as displacements and/or deformations, so that the delivered dose corresponds to the planned dose. This article presents the different IGRT devices, their use and quality control, and quantify the possible additional dose generated by each of them. The practical implementation of IGRT in various tumour locations is summarised, from the different "RecoRad™" guideline articles. Adaptive radiotherapy is then detailed, due to its complexity and its probable development in the next years. The place of radiation technologist in the practice of IGRT is then specified. Finally, a brief update is proposed on the delicate question of the additional dose linked to the in-room imaging, which must be estimated and documented at a minimum, as long as it is difficult to integrate it into the calculation of the dose distribution.
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- R de Crevoisier
- Radiotherapy department, centre régional de lutte contre le cancer Eugène Marquis, 35042 Rennes, France.
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- Radiotherapy department, centre régional de lutte contre le cancer Eugène Marquis, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Radiotherapy department, institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest René-Gauducheau, boulevard Jacques-Monod, 44805 Saint Herblain, France; Medical physics department, institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest René-Gauducheau, boulevard Jacques-Monod, 44805 Saint Herblain, France
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- Radiotherapy department, centre régional de lutte contre le cancer Eugène Marquis, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Radiotherapy department, centre régional de lutte contre le cancer Eugène Marquis, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Medical physics department, centre Georges-François Leclerc, rue du Professeur-Marion, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Radiotherapy department, institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest René-Gauducheau, boulevard Jacques-Monod, 44805 Saint Herblain, France; Medical physics department, institut de cancérologie de l'Ouest René-Gauducheau, boulevard Jacques-Monod, 44805 Saint Herblain, France
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Improvement of patient localization repeatability using a light-section based optical surface guidance system in a pre-positioning procedure. Cancer Radiother 2021; 26:547-556. [PMID: 34740524 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2021.07.038] [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: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Surface-guided radiotherapy is useful for the pre-positioning and monitoring of radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of surface guidance on the repeatability of patient localization and to estimate the specific point at which high positional errors occur. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients without the VOXELAN system (non-VXLN group) and 10 patients with the VOXELAN as the pre-positioning procedure (VXLN group) were included in this analysis. Twelve regions of interest (ROI) were defined in all the patients to verify any misalignment during radiotherapy. Thirteen ROIs were defined on the isocenter. RESULTS Compared with the non-VXLN group, the translational positional errors of the VXLN group were the same for all the ROIs. The mean translational positional errors of the VXLN group in the longitudinal direction were approximately 0.1mm, and the standard deviation was the largest among the three directions in all the ROIs. The magnitude of the standard deviation in the non-VXLN group varied independently of the ROI and direction. The standard deviations of the VXLN group in the longitudinal direction were large in all the ROIs, while the standard deviations in the vertical and lateral directions were small. CONCLUSION Pre-positioning with a surface guidance system reduced the body twist and rotation, which could not be corrected by image-guided radiotherapy alone. Since the VOXELAN can detect positioning errors quickly and without additional radiation exposure to the patient, it can be used as a tool for pre-positioning in radiotherapy.
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Mannerberg A, Kügele M, Hamid S, Edvardsson A, Petersson K, Gunnlaugsson A, Bäck SÅ, Engelholm S, Ceberg S. Faster and more accurate patient positioning with surface guided radiotherapy for ultra-hypofractionated prostate cancer patients. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol 2021; 19:41-45. [PMID: 34527818 PMCID: PMC8430426 DOI: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate if surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) can decrease patient positioning time for localized prostate cancer patients compared to the conventional 3-point localization setup method. The patient setup accuracy was also compared between the two setup methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 localized prostate cancer patients were enrolled in this study, where 20 patients were positioned with surface imaging (SI) and 20 patients were positioned with 3-point localization. The setup time was obtained from the system log files of the linear accelerator and compared between the two methods. The patient setup was verified with daily orthogonal kV images which were matched based on the implanted gold fiducial markers. Resulting setup deviations between planned and online positions were compared between SI and 3-point localization. RESULTS Median setup time was 2:50 min and 3:28 min for SI and 3-point localization, respectively (p < 0.001). The median vector offset was 4.7 mm (range: 0-10.4 mm) for SI and 5.2 mm for 3-point localization (range: 0.41-17.3 mm) (p = 0.01). Median setup deviation in the individual translations for SI and 3-point localization respectively was: 1.1 mm and 1.9 mm in lateral direction (p = 0.02), 1.8 and 1.6 mm in the longitudinal direction (p = 0.41) and 2.2 mm and 2.6 mm in the vertical direction (p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Using SGRT for positioning of prostate cancer patients provided a faster and more accurate patient positioning compared to the conventional 3-point localization setup.
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- Annika Mannerberg
- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden,Department of Oncology, Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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The role of surface-guided radiation therapy for improving patient safety. Radiother Oncol 2021; 163:229-236. [PMID: 34453955 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Emerging data indicates SGRT could improve safety and quality by preventing errors in its capacity as an independent system in the treatment room. The aim of this work is to investigate the utility of SGRT in the context of safety and quality. Three incident learning systems (ILS) were reviewed to categorize and quantify errors that could have been prevented with SGRT: SAFRON (International Atomic Energy Agency), UW-ILS (University of Washington) and AvIC (Skåne University Hospital). A total of 849/9737 events occurred during the pre-treatment review/verification and treatment stages. Of these, 179 (21%) events were predicted to have been preventable with SGRT. The most common preventable events were wrong isocentre (43%) and incorrect accessories (34%), which appeared at comparable rates among SAFRON and UW-ILS. The proportion of events due to wrong accessories was much smaller in the AvIC ILS, which may be attributable to the mandatory use of SGRT in Sweden. Several case scenarios are presented to demonstrate that SGRT operates as a valuable complement to other quality-improvement tools routinely used in radiotherapy. Cases are noted in which SGRT itself caused incidents. These were mostly related to workflow issues and were of low severity. Severity data indicated that events with the potential to be mitigated by SGRT were of higher severity for all categories except wrong accessories. Improved vendor integration of SGRT systems within the overall workflow could further enhance its clinical utility. SGRT is a valuable tool with the potential to increase patient safety and treatment quality in radiotherapy.
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González-Sanchis A, Brualla-González L, Fuster-Diana C, Gordo-Partearroyo JC, Piñeiro-Vidal T, García-Hernandez T, López-Torrecilla JL. Surface-guided radiation therapy for breast cancer: more precise positioning. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:2120-2126. [PMID: 33840013 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02617-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hypofractionated radiation therapy for breast cancer requires highly precise delivery through the use of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Surface-guided radiation therapy (SGRT) is being increasingly used for patient positioning in breast radiotherapy. We aimed to assess the role of SGRT for verification of breast radiotherapy and the tumour bed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective study of 252 patients with early stage breast cancer. A total of 1170 determinations of daily positioning were performed. Breast surface positioning was determined with SGRT (AlignRT) and correlated with the surgical clips in the tumour bed, verified by IGRT (ExacTrac). RESULTS SGRT improved surface matching by a mean of 5.3 points compared to conventional skin markers (98.0 vs. 92.7), a statistically significant difference (p < 0.01, Wilcoxon Test). For surface matching values > 95%, ≥ 3 clips coincided in 99.7% of the determinations and all markers coincided in 92.5%. For surface matching rates > 90%, the location of ≥ 3 clips coincided in 99.55% of determinations. CONCLUSIONS SGRT improves patient positioning accuracy compared to skin markers. Optimal breast SGRT can accurately verify the localisation of the tumour bed, ensuring matching with ≥ 3 surgical clips. SGRT can eliminate unwanted radiation from IGRT verification systems.
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- A González-Sanchis
- Department of Radiation Oncology, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Avenida Tres Cruces, No. 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Radiophysics, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Avenida Tres Cruces, No. 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Avenida Tres Cruces, No. 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiophysics, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, ERESA, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (CHGUV), Avenida Tres Cruces, No. 2, 46014, Valencia, Spain
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Wang G, Li Z, Li G, Dai G, Xiao Q, Bai L, He Y, Liu Y, Bai S. Real-time liver tracking algorithm based on LSTM and SVR networks for use in surface-guided radiation therapy. Radiat Oncol 2021; 16:13. [PMID: 33446245 PMCID: PMC7807524 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-020-01729-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Surface-guided radiation therapy can be used to continuously monitor a patient’s surface motions during radiotherapy by a non-irradiating, noninvasive optical surface imaging technique. In this study, machine learning methods were applied to predict external respiratory motion signals and predict internal liver motion in this therapeutic context. Methods Seven groups of interrelated external/internal respiratory liver motion samples lasting from 5 to 6 min collected simultaneously were used as a dataset, Dv. Long short-term memory (LSTM) and support vector regression (SVR) networks were then used to establish external respiratory signal prediction models (LSTMpred/SVRpred) and external/internal respiratory motion correlation models (LSTMcorr/SVRcorr). These external prediction and external/internal correlation models were then combined into an integrated model. Finally, the LSTMcorr model was used to perform five groups of model updating experiments to confirm the necessity of continuously updating the external/internal correlation model. The root-mean-square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and maximum absolute error (MAX_AE) were used to evaluate the performance of each model. Results The models established using the LSTM neural network performed better than those established using the SVR network in the tasks of predicting external respiratory signals for latency-compensation (RMSE < 0.5 mm at a latency of 450 ms) and predicting internal liver motion using external signals (RMSE < 0.6 mm). The prediction errors of the integrated model (RMSE ≤ 1.0 mm) were slightly higher than those of the external prediction and external/internal correlation models. The RMSE/MAE of the fifth model update was approximately ten times smaller than that of the first model update. Conclusions The LSTM networks outperform SVR networks at predicting external respiratory signals and internal liver motion because of LSTM’s strong ability to deal with time-dependencies. The LSTM-based integrated model performs well at predicting liver motion from external respiratory signals with system latencies of up to 450 ms. It is necessary to update the external/internal correlation model continuously.
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- Guangyu Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,College of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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