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Area of Science:

  • Medical Physics
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Image-Guided Therapy

Background:

  • Interfraction geometric uncertainties pose challenges in radiation therapy.
  • Accurate patient positioning and anatomical adaptation are crucial for effective treatment.
  • Current online correction methods like reoptimization or couch translation have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate a novel online correction scheme called Direct Aperture Deformation (DAD).
  • To assess DAD's feasibility for correcting target dislocation and deformation under volumetric imaging guidance.
  • To compare DAD's performance against reoptimization and rigid-body translation methods.

Main Methods:

  • Deformable image registration to derive a 3D geometric transformation matrix.
  • Morphing of treatment apertures using the deformation matrix for online correction.
  • Proof-of-principle study using an intensity-modulated radiation therapy plan for prostate cancer.

Main Results:

  • DAD successfully demonstrated feasibility for correcting both target dislocation and deformation.
  • DAD corrected both dislocation and deformation, unlike couch translation which only addresses dislocation.
  • DAD provided online correction within minutes, significantly faster than reoptimization.

Conclusions:

  • Direct Aperture Deformation is a feasible online correction method for interfraction geometric uncertainties.
  • DAD offers a faster alternative to reoptimization with a negligible impact on plan quality.
  • DAD enhances the precision and efficiency of image-guided radiation therapy.