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Weiguo Lu¹, Mingli Chen, Kenneth J Ruchala

¹TomoTherapy Inc., 1240 Deming Way, Madison, WI, USA. wlu@tomotherapy.com

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|June 25, 2009

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This study introduces real-time motion-adaptive-optimization (MAO) for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) delivery. The MAO system effectively compensates for intra-fraction motion during TomoTherapy, improving dose accuracy for cancer patients.

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Area of Science:

Medical Physics
Radiation Oncology
Image-Guided Therapy

Background:

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) planning is challenged by real-time variations like patient respiration.
Accurate dose delivery in IMRT requires accounting for intra-fraction motion, which is difficult to model during static planning.
TomoTherapy delivery involves numerous projections and rapid leaf motion, necessitating adaptive strategies for motion compensation.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a real-time motion-adaptive-optimization (MAO) system for TomoTherapy IMRT delivery.
To incorporate intra-fraction motion compensation directly into the IMRT delivery process.
To assess the effectiveness of MAO in improving dose distribution accuracy compared to non-adaptive methods.

Main Methods:

Developed a feasible workflow for real-time MAO on a TomoTherapy research system.
Implemented procedures for motion detection/prediction, delivered dose accumulation, future dose estimation, and projection optimization.
Calculated MAO-guided delivery, motion-without-compensation delivery (MD), and static delivery (SD) using simulated and clinical patient data.

Main Results:

The MAO system successfully compensated for intra-fraction motion in all tested cases, including regular/irregular respiration and prostate motion.
MAO-guided delivery achieved dose distributions and DVHs comparable to static delivery (SD).
Real-time MAO calculations were completed within the projection duration (approx. 100 ms per projection).

Conclusions:

The proposed real-time MAO technique is effective for motion compensation in TomoTherapy delivery.
MAO significantly improves dose accuracy by adapting to intra-fraction motion.
The method shows potential for extension to real-time adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for comprehensive error compensation.