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Radiochromic film dosimetry for linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery

  • Han, Seung-Hee;Park, Suk-Won;Oh, Do-Hoon
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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    • pp.302-304
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    • 2002
  • In linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery, assuring the quality of the planning and delivery of external photon beam requires accurate evaluation of beam parameters, usually including output factors, tissue-phantom ratio and off-axis ratios, and measurement of actual dose distributions from simulated treatment. We're going to test the use of calibrated radio chromic film (Gafchromic film; type MD-55, Nuclear associate) using a Lumiscan 75 digitizer to measure absolute dose and relative dose distributions for linac-based radiosurgery unit Relative dose distribution of a human-style spherical acryl phantom were measured using radiochromic film and calculated by treatment planning system. The absolute dose at the sphere center was measured by radiochromic film and micro chamber (Exradin A-14, 0.009cc). What we want to demonstrate in this work, the 'well selected' radiochromic films when external photon beam are used in linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery are very accurate detector for dosimetry.

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컴퓨터 단층촬영, 자기공명영상, 뇌혈관촬영을 이용한 정위적 수술시스템의 개발 (Development of Stereotactic Surgery system with CT, MR Imaging, and Angiography)

  • 김성현;서태석
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1998년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.117-118
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    • 1998
  • The aim of this work is to develop 3-D stereotactic localization system in order to determine the precise shape, size and location of the lesion in the brain in the field of Stereotactic Radiosurgery(SRS) and neurosurgery using CT/MRI/angiography and multi-purpose QA phantom. The algorithms to obtain a 3-D stereotactic coordinates of the target have been developed, and targets on each CT image were superimposed each other on MR/angiography images without distortion corretion. This system was implented in Visual C++ as a PC-based application program.

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Radiobiological mechanisms of stereotactic body radiation therapy and stereotactic radiation surgery

  • Kim, Mi-Sook;Kim, Wonwoo;Park, In Hwan;Kim, Hee Jong;Lee, Eunjin;Jung, Jae-Hoon;Cho, Lawrence Chinsoo;Song, Chang W.
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.265-275
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    • 2015
  • Despite the increasing use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radiation surgery (SRS) in recent years, the biological base of these high-dose hypo-fractionated radiotherapy modalities has been elusive. Given that most human tumors contain radioresistant hypoxic tumor cells, the radiobiological principles for the conventional multiple-fractionated radiotherapy cannot account for the high efficacy of SBRT and SRS. Recent emerging evidence strongly indicates that SBRT and SRS not only directly kill tumor cells, but also destroy the tumor vascular beds, thereby deteriorating intratumor microenvironment leading to indirect tumor cell death. Furthermore, indications are that the massive release of tumor antigens from the tumor cells directly and indirectly killed by SBRT and SRS stimulate anti-tumor immunity, thereby suppressing recurrence and metastatic tumor growth. The reoxygenation, repair, repopulation, and redistribution, which are important components in the response of tumors to conventional fractionated radiotherapy, play relatively little role in SBRT and SRS. The linear-quadratic model, which accounts for only direct cell death has been suggested to overestimate the cell death by high dose per fraction irradiation. However, the model may in some clinical cases incidentally do not overestimate total cell death because high-dose irradiation causes additional cell death through indirect mechanisms. For the improvement of the efficacy of SBRT and SRS, further investigation is warranted to gain detailed insights into the mechanisms underlying the SBRT and SRS.

Landmarks in The Skull for Stereotactic Radiotherapy

  • Hiroki, Ohtani;Toraji, Irifune;Etsuo, Kunieda;Hidetoshi, Saitoh;Masahiro, Fukushi;Tsuguhisa, Katoh
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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    • pp.144-145
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    • 2002
  • Stereotactic radiotherapy is required to irradiate a small tumor accurately. The radiotherapy showing improves when making an accidental error little boundlessly. It is performed according to treatment planning that is established by the outside landmark of head. At present, when stereotactic radiotherapy for a head is done, the Leksell Flame is fixed on the head, and positioning based on the point and so on which it is in that fixed implement is performed. However, there are problems on the method done at present in the point such as reappearance when the fractionated irradiation method in which the Leksell Flame is removed and installed at every treatment is done because there are landmarks outside the head. Landmarks in the skull were decided, and that precision was examined for the purpose of the improvement of the radiation therapeutic gain. Linac-graphy with longitudinal and lateral view were taken with 6 MV photon beams. A distance to base point inside the skull, each film measured the angle from a center of the small irradiation field, and comparison was done. From the results, a large accidental error wasn't seen as a result of the measurement by every film. Stereotactic radiotherapy for a head treatment had an accidental error of about several millimeters when treatment positioning was done. Therefore, it was thought that there was no problem about an accidental error to arise by putting a landmark in the skull. And, because an accidental error was easy to discover, we thought that modification could be done easily. It was suggested that a landmark in the skull on thus study were useful for improvement of stereotactic radiotherapy.

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Stereotactic Radiosurgery를 위한 소형 조사면의 선량측정 (Treatment Planning and Dosimetry of Small Radiation Fields for Stereotactic Radiosurgery)

  • 추성실;서창옥;노준규;정상섭
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 1989
  • The treatment planning and dosimetry of small fields for stereotactic radiosurgery with 10 MV x-ray isocentrically mounted linear accelerator is presented. Special consideration in this study was given to the variation of absorbed dose with field size, the central axis percent depth doses and the combined moving beam dose distribution. The collimator scatter correction factors of small fields $(1\times1\~3\times3cm^2)$ were measured with ion chamber at a target chamber distance of 300cm where the projected fields were larger than the polystyrene buildup caps and it was calibrated with the tissue equivalent solid state detectors of small size (TLD, PLD, ESR and semiconductors). The central axis percent depth doses for $1\timesl\;and\;3\times3cm^2$ fields could be derived with the same acuracy by interpolating between measured values for larger fields and calculated zero area data, and it was also calibrated with semiconductor detectors. The agreement between experimental and calculated data was found to be under $2\%$ within the fields. The three dimensional dose planning of stereotactic focusing irradiation on small size tumor regions was performed with dose planning computer system (Therac 2300) and was verified with film dosimetry. The more the number of strips and the wider the angle of arc rotation, the larger were the dose delivered on tumor and the less the dose to surrounding the normal tissues. The circular cone, we designed, improves the alignment, minimizes the penumbra of the beam and formats ball shape of treatment area without stellate patterns. These dosimetric techniques can provide adequate physics background for stereotactic radiosurgery with small radiation fields and 10MV x-ray beam.

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노발리스 ExacTrac system을 이용한 척추 정위 방사선수술 방법 평가 (Assessment of the Optic-guided Patient Positioning for Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using Novalis ExacTrac System)

  • 이동준;손문준;최광영;이기택;최찬영;황금철;황충진
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.218-223
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    • 2002
  • 두개외 병소 즉, 척추 등에 발생한 종양 혹은 혈관기형 등의 병소에 대해 침습적 수술이 불가한 경우 정위적 방사선 수술이 임상에서 시도되고 있다. 본 연구는 실험적으로 팬텀에 대해 척추 정위 방사선수술을 시행하고 결과 분석을 통하여 두개외 수술 목표점에 대한 방사선수술 위치 정확도를 평가하고자 한다. 이 실험을 위하여 팬텀을 특별히 고안하였으며 수술실에서 방사선 수술 목표점의 위치는 광학적 추적 장치를 이용하여 결정하였고 3 mm 미세다엽시준기(mMLC; mcro Multi-Leaf Collimator)를 사용하여 시술하였다. 팬텀의 목표점에 대한 방사선수술 오차는 $\pm$1 mm 이내였으며 분할방사선 수술 경우도 $\pm$1 mm 이내였다. 결과적으로 광학적 위치추적 장치를 이용한 두개외 목표점의 방사선 수술은 매우 정확하고 유용한 방법으로 판단된다.

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Maximum diameter versus volumetric assessment for the response evaluation of vestibular schwannomas receiving stereotactic radiotherapy

  • Choi, Youngmin;Kim, Sungmin;Kwak, Dong-Won;Lee, Hyung-Sik;Kang, Myung-Koo;Lee, Dong-Kun;Hur, Won-Joo
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.114-121
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: To explore the feasibility of maximum diameter as a response assessment method for vestibular schwannomas (VS) after stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (RT), we analyzed the concordance of RT responses between maximum diameters and volumetric measurements. Materials and Methods: Forty-two patients receiving curative stereotactic radiosurgery or fractionated stereotactic RT for VS were analyzed retrospectively. Twelve patients were excluded: 4 did not receive follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and 8 had initial MRI scans with a slice thickness >3 mm. The maximum diameter, tumor volume (TV), and enhanced tumor volume (ETV) were measured in each MRI study. The percent change after RT was evaluated according to the measurement methods and their concordances were calculated with the Pearson correlation. The response classifications were determined by the assessment modalities, and their agreement was analyzed with Cohen kappa statistics. Results: Median follow-up was 31.0 months (range, 3.5 to 86.5 months), and 90 follow-up MRI studies were analyzed. The percent change of maximum diameter correlated strongly with TV and ETV (r(p) = 0.85, 0.63, p = 0.000, respectively). Concordance of responses between the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) using the maximum diameters and either TV or ETV were moderate (kappa = 0.58; 95% confidence interval, 0.32-0.85) or fair (kappa = 0.32; 95% confidence interval, 0.05-0.59), respectively. Conclusions: The percent changes in maximum diameter and the responses in RECIST were significantly concordant with those in the volumetric measurements. Therefore, the maximum diameters can be used for the response evaluation of VS following stereotactic RT.

방사선수술시 두개내 표적의 정위적좌표의 치료위치에서의 확인 (Stereotactic Target Point Verification in Actual Treatment Position of Radiosurgery)

  • 윤형근;이현구
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.403-409
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    • 1995
  • 목적 : 정위적방사선수술시 방사선조사가 이루어지기 전에 두개내의 정위적 표적을 실제 치료위치에서 직접 확인해서 방사선수술의 안정성과 정확성을 높이고자 함. 방법 : 실제 환자의 치료전에 두부의 인체모형의 조각들 사이에 선량측정용 필름을 넣고 가는 침의 끝으로 찌른 부분을 가상적인 표적으로 삼아 컴퓨터단층촬영용 localizer 를 달고 컴퓨터단층촬영을 한 후 방사선수술용컴퓨터로 영상획득을 해서 가상적 표적점의 정위적좌표를 구한다. 이어서 두부의 인체모형을 선형가속기의 table 에 고정시키고 앞에서 구한 표적점의 좌표에 선형가속기의 laser isocenter 를 일치시킨 후 혈관촬영용 localizer 를 달고 전후와 좌우방향의 사진을 찍는다. 이렇게 찍은 port 필름의 분석으로 얻은 정위적좌표와 컴퓨터단층 촬영의 영상획득 (image acquisition) 으로 이미 구한 정위적좌표를 비교해서 차이를 교정해 준 뒤 3 개의 arc 로 정위적 방사선수술을 시행하고 두부의 인체모형에 삽입되었던 필름을 현상하여 선량분포의 중심과 가는 침으로 만든 구멍으로 표시된 표적점의 거리를 필름농도계를 이용하여 측정한다. 실제 환자치료시에도 컴퓨터단층촬영용 localizer 와 혈관촬영용 localizer 를 써서 정위적좌표를 구하는 과정은 인체모형을 이용한 연구에서와 같다. 두 좌표의 차이를 교정한 후 실제 치료로 진행한다. 결과 : 인체모형연구에서는 선량분포의 중심과 표적점의 차이가 0.3 mm 로 잘 일치했다. 실제 환자 1 예 에서는 컴퓨터단층촬영의 영상으로 부터 구한 isocenter 의 좌표와 실제 치료위치에서 혈관촬영용 localizer 를 이용하여 구한 isocenter 의 좌표가 0.6 mm 의 차이를 보여 잘 일치하였다. 결론 : 방사선수술시 정위적 표적점을 방사선조사전에 치료위치에서 확인하므로써 방사선 수술과정의 정확성과 안전성을 높일 수 있었다.

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뇌정위 방사선수술 시스템을 위한 자기공명영상의 공간적 왜곡의 측정 : 모형실험을 통한 연구 (Assessment of Imaging Distortion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Through Phantom Study)

  • 박선원;한문희;김동규;정현태;송인찬
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2000
  • 목적: 모형실험을 통하여 자기공명영상의 공간왜곡의 정도를 영상획득방향과 펄스연쇄별로 알아보고 실험 조건에서 공간왜곡이 가장 적은 영상 획득 방향과 펄스 연쇄를 찾고자 하였다. 실험 상 얻어진 가장 공간적 왜곡이 적은 영상법은 뇌정위 방서선수술의 적용시에도 실험한 조건중 가장 공간적 왜곡이 적은 영상법으로 인체적용에 도움이 될 것으로 가정하였다. 대상 및 방법: 아클리로 만든 직육면체에 일정한 간격 (2cm)의 아크릴 원형 막대 지름 4mm)를 배치하여 자기공명영상을 위한 모형을 제작하였다. 모형의 내부를 증류수로 채운 후 Leksell 상업용 감마나이프 G-프레임을 씌우고 모형을 자기공명 영상의 중심에 놓고 축상과 관상면의 T1 SE, T2 SE, T2 FSE, MPRAGE영상을 얻은 뒤 영상분석 프로그램(Lleksell Gamma Plan, Version = 5.10)을 이용하여 공간적 왜곡의 거의 없을 것이라고 가정한 CT 영상에서 측정된 막대간의 거리의 차이를 구하고 이것이 각 영상획득 방법과 펄스 연쇄별로 차이가 나는지 또 영상의 가장자리와 중심부에서 차이가 나는지 paired student t-test를 통하여 분석하였다. MR의 각 단면 영상을 영상분석 프로그램에 인식시키는 과정에서도 프로그램에 내장되어 있는 외부 표식자의 좌표의 위치를 통해서 외부표식자의 좌표의 위치를 통해서 외부표식자를 기준으로한 영상의 공간적 왜곡의 정도가 자동으로 측정된다. 결과: 자기공명영상의 공간적 왜곡은 횡단면 영상에서는 감마나이트의 G-프레임의 외부표식자에 의하여 측정된 결과와 모형실험을 통하여 얻어진 결과에서 모두 뇌정위방서선수술에 이용하기에 허용할 만한 1.5mm 이하의 적은 수준의 왜곡 값을 지니고 있었다. 관상면의 자기공명영상은 외부표식자에 의해 왜곡을 측정했을 때, 감마나이프에 적용하기에는 1.5mm 이상의 공간 왜곡값을 보였으나 왜부표식자에 의한 좌표를 통해 구해진 모형실험의 결과에서는 1.5mm 이하로 공간적 왜곡이 오히려 보정되는 결과를 보였다. 결론: 이 실험을 통하여 임상적으로 주로 사용되는 펄스연쇄와 영상획득방향에서 축상 3D MPRAGE기법이 가장 공간적 왜곡이 적은 영상법 임을 알 수 있었다. 현재 사용되는 MR기기의 공간왜곡의 정도는 모형실험의 결과, 1.5mm 이하 수준으로 매우 적어서 다른 영상법에 비해 매우 우수한 MR의 공간 해상력을 고려하면, 실제 인체에 적용하여 뇌정위 방사선수술시 사용항기에도 타영상기법에 비해 손색없는 영상법이 될 것으로 판단된다.

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