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Comparison of cone beam CT imaging protocols in image guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer H Ariyaratne 1,2, H Chesham 2, J Pettingell 2, K Sikora2,
Comparison of cone beam CT imaging protocols in image guided
radiotherapy for prostate cancer H Ariyaratne 1,2, H Chesham 2, J
Pettingell 2, K Sikora2, R Alonzi 1,2 1 Mount Vernon Cancer Centre,
Northwood, United Kingdom 2 Cancer Partners UK, Elstree, United
Kingdom Email: [email protected]
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To assess the effect of frequency of verification imaging on
the dose delivered to target volume and organs at risk, during a
course of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) for prostate cancer.
Objective
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844 cone-beam CT (CBCT) verification images from 20 patients
undergoing radical prostate radiotherapy were analysed. Patients
received a dose of 74 Gy in 37 fractions using 7-field
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). During treatment, patients
had daily online CBCT soft tissue match verification using the
Elekta XVI system. CBCT images were imported into the Philips
Pinnacle treatment planning system. Target volume and organs at
risk were contoured manually on each CBCT image (Fig 1,2). A 7 mm
margin in all directions was used around the clinical target volume
(CTV) to obtain the planning target volume (PTV). Soft tissue match
shifts were applied to each CBCT image. CBCT contours were
superimposed on the planning CT scan. The same contours were used
for comparison of a daily online schedule with a protocol of days
1-3 followed by weekly imaging. Online and offline weekly
verification schedules were also compared. Methods
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Figures 1 and 2. Axial and sagittal views of contours on
CBCT
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90% of patients had improvement in target volume coverage with
daily online imaging in comparison to weekly online imaging, with
statistically significant benefits in PTV and CTV dosimetric
parameters (Table 1). Results
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80% of patients had a reduction in rectal dose with the daily
imaging protocol. There was a 1.12 Gy reduction in mean rectal dose
(Table 2), which would mitigate the concomitant dose to the pelvis
from imaging. Results
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Daily online imaging was the best verification protocol with a
median of 37 fractions (range 3437) achieving CTV coverage V95 >
99%, compared to 34 (range 30-37) and 33 (range 2537) fractions
with weekly online and weekly offline protocols respectively (Fig.
3). Results p Figure 3. CTV coverage - Comparison of verification
imaging protocols
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Parameter Pearson correlation coefficient r p Repeat imaging
carried out in a daily verification protocol helps improve target
coverage (Figs. 4-7). Patient illustrated below had 6 fractions
with inadequate coverage using the day 1-3 then weekly online
protocol, compared with 1 fraction for the daily online protocol.
Figure 4,5. AP and lateral views of CTV (red) coverage by 95%
isodose (blue) for fraction with simulated weekly online protocol
Figure 6,7. AP and lateral views of CTV (red) coverage by 95%
isodose (blue) for same fraction with daily online treatment
protocol The magnitude of benefit of daily imaging for a patient
could not be predicted by characteristics on the planning CT
scan.
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Daily online CBCT verification improves CTV coverage and
reduces dose to rectum during IGRT for prostate cancer.
Conclusions
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