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Area of Science:

  • Medical Physics
  • Radiotherapy Technology
  • Image-Guided Therapy

Background:

  • Accurate tumor localization is critical for effective lung cancer radiotherapy.
  • Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) requires precise targeting to maximize tumor dose and minimize organ-at-risk exposure.
  • Real-time tracking of lung tumors during VMAT is challenging due to respiratory motion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a real-time, markerless 3D tumor tracking system.
  • To utilize kilovoltage cone-beam CT (kV CBCT) projection images for tracking lung tumors during VMAT.
  • To enable precise tumor localization without fiducial markers.

Main Methods:

  • A novel algorithm employing iterative optimization to minimize observation errors between detected tumor positions and projected estimated positions.
  • Real-time 3D trajectory reconstruction by minimizing observation errors within a defined motion amplitude.
  • Validation using dynamic phantom experiments and patient treatment data.

Main Results:

  • The algorithm requires specific gantry angle ranges (black-out angles) for accurate mean 3D tumor position (≈20°) and 3D trajectory (≈35°) estimation.
  • The developed method achieves high accuracy, with mean 3D position and trajectory reconstruction within ± 0.5 mm.
  • The tracking framework demonstrated its reconstruction capabilities on phantom and patient data.

Conclusions:

  • A real-time lung tumor tracking framework using kV CBCT projection images and an optimization algorithm has been successfully developed.
  • The technique enables precise localization of lung tumors during VMAT delivery.
  • The method is non-invasive, does not introduce significant additional radiation dose, and supports real-time treatment monitoring.