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¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. jacqueline.maurer@duke.edu

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Radiation Oncology
Image Reconstruction

Background:

Accurate assessment of internal organ motion is crucial for effective radiation therapy planning and delivery.
Current methods like four-dimensional CT (4DCT) have limitations in motion artifact suppression.
On-board imaging capabilities on linear accelerators offer opportunities for real-time treatment adjustments.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and evaluate four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis (4D-DTS) for on-board analysis of 3D motion information.
To assess the capability of 4D-DTS in reconstructing motion-correlated images.
To compare motion artifact suppression in 4D-DTS with 4DCT.

Main Methods:

Reconstruction of 3D images from projection data acquired with varying scan angles (20 to 360 degrees) using an on-board imager.
Phase-based image reconstruction utilizing a tracked radiopaque marker to retrospectively assign respiratory phases to projections.
Acquisition of projection sets centered about anterior-posterior and lateral axes to obtain phase-resolved coronal and sagittal DTS images for 3D motion information.

Main Results:

Demonstrated reconstruction of 3D motion-correlated images and 3D respiratory-correlated phase images.
Phase-resolved coronal and sagittal DTS images successfully provided 3D motion information.
4D-DTS exhibited superior suppression of superior-inferior motion artifacts compared to 4DCT.

Conclusions:

Four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis (4D-DTS) is a viable technique for on-board 3D motion analysis.
4D-DTS offers improved motion artifact reduction compared to 4DCT.
Preliminary results suggest 4D-DTS can provide valuable kinetic information of internal anatomy prior to radiation treatment.