Kilovoltage Imaging of Implanted Fiducials to Monitor Intrafraction Motion With Abdominal Compression During Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Tumors. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • PURPOSE: To assess intrafraction respiratory motion using a commercial kilovoltage imaging system for abdominal tumor patients with implanted fiducials and breathing constrained by pneumatic compression during stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). METHODS AND MATERIALS: A pneumatic compression belt limited respiratory motion in 19 patients with radiopaque fiducials in or near their tumor during SBRT for abdominal tumors. Kilovoltage images were acquired at 5- to 6-second intervals during treatment using a commercial system. Intrafractional fiducial displacements were measured using in-house software. The dosimetric effect of the observed displacements was calculated for 3 sessions for each patient. RESULTS: Intrafraction displacement patterns varied between patients and between individual treatment sessions. Averaged over 19 patients, 73 sessions, 7.6% of craniocaudal displacements exceeded 0.5 cm, and 1.2% exceeded 0.75 cm. The calculated single-session dose to 95% of gross tumor volume differed from planned by an average of -1.2% (range, -11.1% to 4.8%) but only for 4 patients was the total 3-session calculated dose to 95% of gross tumor volume more than 3% different from planned. CONCLUSIONS: Our pneumatic compression limited intrafractional abdominal target motion, maintained target position established at setup, and was moderately effective in preserving coverage. Commercially available intrafractional imaging is useful for surveillance but can be made more effective and reliable.

publication date

  • November 18, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Fiducial Markers
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
  • Immobilization
  • Radiosurgery
  • Radiotherapy, Image-Guided

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5572151

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84954271681

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.018

PubMed ID

  • 26797539

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 95

issue

  • 3