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Evaluation of Setup Errors for Tomotherapy Using Differently Applied Vacuum Compression with the Bodyfix Immobilization System  

Jung, Jae-Hong (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Cho, Kwang-Hwan (Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital)
Lee, Jeong-Woo (Department of Radiation Oncology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Research Institute of Health Sciences)
Kim, Min-Joo (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Lim, Kwang-Chae (Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital)
Moon, Seong-Kwon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital)
Kim, Yong-Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital)
Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.22, no.2, 2011 , pp. 72-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the patient's setup errors in TomoTherapy (Hi-Art II, TomoTherapy, USA) Bodyfix system (Medical Intelligence, Ele-kta, Schwabmuchen, Germany) pressure in the vacuum compression, depending on and were evaluated. Bodyfix immobilization system and vacuum pressure was compression applied to the patients who received Tomotherapy thoracic and abdominal area, 21 patients were selected and TomoTehpay treatment total 477 of MVCT images were obtained. The translational (medial-lateral: ML, anterior-posterior: AP, superior-inferior: SI directions) and rolling were recorded and analyzed statistically. Using Pearson's product-moment coefficient and One-way ANOVA, the degree of correlation depending on the different vacuum pressure levels were statistically analyzed for setup errors from five groups (p<0.05). The largest average and standard deviation of systematic errors were 6.00, 5.95 mm in the AP and SI directions, respectively. The largest average of random errors were 4.72 mm in the SI directions. The correlation coefficients were 0.485, 0.244, and 0.637 for the ML-Roll, AP-Vector, and SI-Vector, respectively. SI-Vector direction showed the best relationship. In the results of the different degree of vacuum pressure in five groups (Pressure range: 30~70 mbar), the setup errors between the ML, SI in both directions and Roll p=0.00 (p<0.05) were shown significant differences. The average errors of SI direction in the vacuum pressure of 40 mbar and 70 mbar group were 4.78 mm and -0.74 mm, respectively. In this study, the correlation between the vacuum pressure and the setup-errors were statistically analyzed. The fact that setup-errors in SI direction is dependent in vacuum pressure considerly setup-errors and movement of interal organs was identified. Finally, setup-errors, and it, based on the movement of internal organs in Bodyfix system we should apply more than 50 mbar vacuum pressure. Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that accuracy of the vacuum pressure and the quantitative analysis of movement of internal organs and the tumor should be studied.
Keywords
TomoTherapy; Bodyfix system; Vacuum compression; ANOVA;
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