| Residual motion of lung tumors in end-of-inhale respiratory gated radiotherapy based on external surrogates. | |
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PMID: 17153393 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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It has been noted that some lung tumors exhibit large periodic motion due to respiration. To limit the amount of dose to healthy lung tissues, many clinics have begun gating radiotherapy treatment using externally placed surrogates. It has been observed by several institutions that the end-of-exhale (EOE) tumor position is more reproducible than other phases of the breathing cycle, so the gating window is often set there. From a treatment planning perspective, end-of-inhale (EOI) phase might be preferred for gating because the expanded lungs will further decrease the healthy tissue within the treatment field. We simulate gated treatment at the EOI phase, using a set of recently measured internal/external anatomy patient data. This paper attempts to answer three questions: (1) How much is the tumor residual motion when we use an external surrogate gating window at EOI? (2) How could we reduce the residual motion in the EOI gating window? (3) Is there a preference for amplitude- versus phase-based gating at EOI? We found that under free breathing conditions the residual motion of the tumors is much larger for EOI phase than for EOE phase. The mean values of residual motion at EOI were found to be 2.2 and 2.7 mm for amplitude- and phase-based gating, respectively, and, at EOE, 1.0 and 1.2 mm for amplitude- and phase-based gating, respectively. However, we note that the residual motion in the EOI gating window is correlated well with the reproducibility of the external surface position in the EOI phase. Using the results of a published breath-coaching study, we deduce that the residual motion of a lung tumor at EOI would approach that at EOE, with the same duty cycle (30%), under breath-coaching conditions. Additionally, we found that under these same conditions, phase-based gating approaches the same residual motion as amplitude-based gating, going from a 28% difference to 11%, for the patient with the largest difference between the two gating modalities. We conclude that it is feasible to achieve the same reproducibility of tumor location at EOI as at EOE if breath coaching is implemented, enabling us to reap the benefits of the dosimetric advantage of EOI gating. |
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Authors:
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Ross I Berbeco; Seiko Nishioka; Hiroki Shirato; Steve B Jiang |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical physics Volume: 33 ISSN: 0094-2405 ISO Abbreviation: Med Phys Publication Date: 2006 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-12-11 Completed Date: 2007-01-04 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0425746 Medline TA: Med Phys Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 4149-56 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. rberbeco@lroc.harvard.edu |
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Artifacts Humans Inhalation Lung Neoplasms / physiopathology*, radiotherapy* Radiometry / methods* Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods* Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted / methods* Radiotherapy, Conformal / methods* Reproducibility of Results Respiratory Mechanics* Sensitivity and Specificity |
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