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Bladder And Rectum Dose Define 3D Treatment Planning for Cervix Cancer Brachtherapy Comparison of Dose-Volume Histograms for Organ Contour and Organ Wall Contour  

Kim, Jong-Won (Department Radiation Oncology, Myongji Hospital, Department of Biomedical Engineering)
Kim, Dae-Hyun (The Catholic University of Korea college of Medicine)
Choi, Joon-Yong (The Catholic University of Korea college of Medicine)
Won, Yeong-Jin (Department Radiation Oncology, Inje University lsan Paik Hospital)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.35, no.4, 2012 , pp. 327-333 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: To analyze the correlation between dose volume histograms(DVH) based on organ outer wall contour and organ wall delineation for bladder and rectum, and to compare the doses to these organs with the absorbed doses at the bladder and rectum. Material and methods: Individual CT based brachytherapy treatment planning was performed in 13 patients with cervical cancer as part of a prospective comparative trial. The external contours and the organ walls were delineated for the bladder and rectum in order to compute the corresponding dose volume histograms. The minimum dose in 0.1 $cm^3$, 1 $cm^3$, 2 $cm^3$, 5 $cm^3$, 10 $cm^3$ volumes receiving the highest dose were compared with the absorbed dose at the rectum and bladder reference point. Results: The bladder and rectal doses derived from organ outer wall contour and computed for volumes of 2 $cm^3$, provided a good estimate for the doses computed for the organ wall contour only. This correspondence was no longer true when large volumes were considered. Conclusion: For clinical applications, when volumes smaller than 5 $cm^2$ are considered, the dose-volume histograms computed from external organ contours for the bladder and rectum can be used instead of dose -volume histograms computed for the organ walls only. External organ contours are indeed easier to obtain. The dose at the ICRU rectum reference point provides a good estimate of the rectal dose computed for volumes smaller than 2 $cm^2$ only for a midline position of the rectum. The ICRU bladder reference point provides a good estimate of the dose computed for the bladder wall only in cases of appropriate balloon position.
Keywords
cervical cancer; brachytherapy; organ outer wall contour; organ wall contour;
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