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Reproducibility evaluation of the use of pressure conserving abdominal compressor in lung and liver volumetric modulated arc therapy  

Park, ga yeon (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Kim, joo ho (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Shin, hyun kyung (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
Kim, min soo (Radiation Oncology Department, Yong-in Severance Hospital)
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The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy / v.33, no., 2021 , pp. 71-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the inter-fractional position and respiratory reproducibility of lung and liver tumors using pressure conserving type(P-type) abdominal compressor in volumetric modulated arc therapy(VMAT). Materials and methods: Six lung cancer patients and three liver cancer patients who underwent VMAT using a P-type abdominal compressor were included in this study. Cone-beam computed tomography(CBCT) images were acquired before each treatment and compared with planning CT images to evaluate the inter-fractional position reproducibility. The position variation was defined as the difference of position shift values between target matching and bone matching. 4-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography(4D CBCT) images were acquired weekly before treatment and compared with planning 4DCT images to evaluate the inter-fractional respiratory reproducibility. The respiratory variation was calculated by the magnitude of excursions by breathing. Results: The mean ± standard deviation(SD) of overall position variation values, 3D vector in the three translational directions were 1.1 ± 1.4 mm and 4.5 ± 2.8 mm for the lung and liver, respectively. The mean ± SD of respiratory variation values were 0.7 ± 3.4 mm (p = 0.195) in the lung and 3.6 ± 2.6 mm (p < 0.05) in the liver. Conclusion: The use of P-type compressor in lung and liver VMAT was effective for stable control of inter-fractional position and respiratory variation by reproduction of abdominal compression. Appropriate PTV margin must be considered in treatment planning, and image guidance before each treatment are required in order to obtain more stable reproducibility
Keywords
Abdominal compression; Pressure conserving compression; Lung cancer radiotherapy; Liver cancer radiotherapy;
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