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Evaluation of the Feasibility of Applying Metabolic Target Volume in 4D RT Using PET/CT Image  

Kim, Chang-Uk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Chun, Keum-Sung (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital)
Huh, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital)
Kim, Yeon-Shil (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital)
Jang, Hong-Seok (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul St Mary's Hospital)
Jung, Won-Gyun (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Xing, Lei (Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University)
Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.21, no.2, 2010 , pp. 174-182 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we evaluated feasibility of applying MTV (Metabolic Target Volume) to respiratory gated radiotherapy for more accurate treatment using various SUV (Standard Uptake Value) from PET images. We compared VOI (Volume of Interest) images from 50%, 30% and 5% SUV (standard uptake volume) from PET scan of an artificial target with GTV (Gross Tumor Volume) images defined by percentage of respiratory phase from 4D-CT scan for respiratory gated radiotherapy. It is found that the difference of VOI of 30% SUV is reduced noticeably comparing with that of 50% SUV in longitudinal direction with respect to total GTV of 4D-CT image. Difference of VOI of 30% SUV from 4D-PET image defined by respiratory phase from 25% inhalation to 25% exhalation, and GTV from 4D-CT with the same phase is shown below 0.6 cm in maximum. Thus, it is better to use 4D-PET images than conventional PET images for applying MTV to gated RT. From the result that VOI of 5% SUV from 4D-PET agrees well with reference image of 4D-CT in all direction, and the recommendation from department of nuclear medicine that 30% SUV be advised for defining tumor range, it is found that using less than 30%SUV will be more accurate and practical to apply MTV for respiratory gated radiotherapy.
Keywords
PET; 4D PET/CT; Standard uptake value (SUV); 4D-CT; Metabolic target volume (MTV);
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