Journal article
Evaluation of Set-up Uncertainties with Daily Kilovoltage Image Guidance in External Beam Radiation Therapy for Gynaecological Cancers
Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)), v 24(2), pp e39-e45
01 Mar 2012
PMID: 21943780
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Abstract
To assess the set-up uncertainty for gynaecological cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy using daily kilovoltage image guidance and to estimate set-up margins for treatment and factors that would predict higher set-up uncertainty.
Alignment data from daily two-dimensional kilovoltage planar images and three-dimensional kilovoltage cone beam images for 52 patients treated on a Varian 2300iX linear accelerator with On Board Imaging (OBI; version 1.4) capability were analysed. The mean displacements of translational shifts, population systematic errors and random errors were calculated. Using van Herk’s formula, the clinical target volume (CTV) to planning target volume (PTV) margins for set-up uncertainties were calculated. The differences in set-up error were calculated with respect to the type of cancer, imaging type and body mass index (BMI).
Population systematic and random errors were 1.1mm, 2.3mm, 2.3mm and 3.9mm, 5.0mm, 3.5mm in the anterior–posterior (AP), medial–lateral (ML) and superior–inferior (SI) directions, respectively, for the entire patient population. Using van Herk’s formula, the CTV to PTV margins for set-up uncertainties were found to be 5.5, 9.1 and 8.3mm in the AP, ML and SI directions respectively. The mean displacements in the AP, ML and SI directions for BMI≥30 (28 patients) versus <30 (24 patients) were −0.1mm, 0.9mm and 1.0mm versus −0.1mm, 0.1mm and 0.4mm, respectively, (P=0.02).
Daily imaging helps to assess set-up uncertainty. The set-up margin for CTV to PTV was larger for patients with BMI≥30 without image guidance and these patients would benefit more from daily image guidance.
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- Title
- Evaluation of Set-up Uncertainties with Daily Kilovoltage Image Guidance in External Beam Radiation Therapy for Gynaecological Cancers
- Creators
- H. Kim - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterS. Beriwal - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterM.S. Huq - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterN. Kannan - University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineG. Shukla - University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineC. Houser - UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Publication Details
- Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)), v 24(2), pp e39-e45
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000300812900022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84856605550
- Other Identifier
- 991021897261604721
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