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Korean Society for Radiation Therapy (대한방사선치료학회)
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Development of Tomotherapy couch device capable of yaw-directional correction

Yaw방향의 보정이 가능한 Tomotherapy couch device의 개발

  • Chae, Moon Ki (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Kwon, Dong Yeol (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Sun, Jong Lyool (Dept. of Radiation, Daejeon Health Institute Of Technology) ;
  • Choi, Byung Ki (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center)
  • 채문기 (삼성서울병원 방사선종양학과) ;
  • 권동열 (삼성서울병원 방사선종양학과) ;
  • 선종률 (대전보건대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 최병기 (삼성서울병원 방사선종양학과)
  • Published : 2018.12.29
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Abstract

Objectives : A self-made "Tomotherapy couch device" capable of correcting the Yaw direction was fabricated and evaluated for its usefulness. Materials and Methods : "Tomotherapy couch device" capable of correcting the Yaw direction is made of rigid fibreboard with a flexural strength of $200kg/cm^2$. CBCT Image from Novalis Tx and Iso-Align Phantom from MED-TEC were used to evaluate the physical accuracy. The treatment plan was designed using Accuray $Precision^{TM}$ and In House Head and Phantom. Accuray $PrecisionART^{TM}$ and $Precision^{TM}$ was used to evaluate dose. Results : Evaluation results, the self-fabricated device accurately corrected the setup error, Target dose was within 95 %~107 % of all. In order to directly evaluate the OAR dose according to the Yaw change, the absolute dose was measured. As a result, when the error in the Yaw direction was $3^{\circ}$, the specific OAR showed a maximum difference of 18.4 %. Conclusion : "Tomotherapy couch device" capable of correcting the Yaw direction can be manufactured at a lower cost compared to the effect, and it can prevent the patient's MVCT image dose for re-imaging. Accurate radiation therapy without errors can be performed.

목 적 : "Yaw방향의 보정이 가능한 Tomotherapy couch device"를 자체 제작하였고, 그 유용성을 평가하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 휨 강도가 $200kg/cm^2$의 경질 섬유판 재질로 Yaw방향의 회전 가능한 Tomotherapy couch device를 제작하고, 제작된 device의 물리적 정확성을 판단하기 위해 Varian사의 Novalis Tx의 CBCT Image와 MED-TEC사의 Iso-Align Phantom을 사용하여 device의 Yaw방향의 보정각도의 정확성을 측정하였고, Tomotherapy HDA에서의 치료를 위해 치료계획은 Accuray PrecisionTM를 이용하여 In House Head and Phantom 위에 치료계획을 설계하였고 제작한 device의 보정각도마다 치료 전 후의 MVCT의 adaptive plan을 Accuray PrecisionARTTM and PrecisionTM을 사용하여 선량을 평가하였다. 결 과 : Yaw방향의 보정이 가능한 Tomotherapy couch device를 자체 제작하였으며, 물리적 정확성의 측면에서 모든 각도별 vertical, lateral, longitudinal의 보정값은 약 1 mm 내외였고, 최대 보정값이 1.5 mm를 넘지 않았으며 Yaw방향의 보정은 최대 0.12도 오차 이내의 범위 안에 들어왔다. 치료후의 MVCT촬영 영상을 이용한 adaptive plan을 이용한 선량 평가에서도 모든 각도실험에서 target은 D95=Prescription dose를 만족하고, target내 선량이 95 %~107 % 이내에 들어왔으며, OAR 또한 본원에서 평가한 SMC Head and Neck tolerance dose 영역 내에 모두 들어왔다. 결 론 : 자체 제작한 "Yaw방향의 보정이 가능한 Tomotherapy couch device는 Tomotherapy의 치료에서 Yaw방향의 set-up 오차를 정확히 보정해준다. 비용적인 측면에서도 효과대비 저비용으로 장치를 만들 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 재촬영에 대한 환자가 받는 MVCT image dose를 방지하고 시간적으로도 환자의 회전율을 상승시킬 수 있으며, Yaw방향의 set up 오차를 보정하므로 더 정확한 방사선치료를 시행할 수 있다고 판단된다.

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