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  • Medical Physics
  • Oncology

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  • Photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficacy depends on precise light dose delivery.
  • Prostate optical heterogeneity and photosensitizer (PS) distribution complicate uniform dose application.
  • Optimization strategies are needed to tailor PDT for individual patient anatomy and drug uptake.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test optimization procedures for uniform photodynamic dose delivery in the prostate.
  • To incorporate patient-specific optical properties and PS distribution into PDT treatment planning.
  • To enable precise control over light source parameters for optimized PDT outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Calculated patient-specific light fluence kernels using measured heterogeneous optical properties.
  • Developed a PDT dose kernel by combining light fluence with PS distribution.
  • Applied the Cimmino feasibility algorithm to optimize light source weights (strengths and positions of cylindrical diffuser fibers).
  • Constrained optimization using maximum and minimum PDT dose limits.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated feasibility of optimizing light source positions and intensities for heterogeneous prostates.
  • Compared treatment plans generated using heterogeneous vs. homogeneous optical properties.
  • Evaluated the impact of uniform, linear, and measured PS distributions on light fluence and PDT dose distributions.
  • Optimized PDT plans achieved more uniform dose delivery compared to homogeneous assumptions.

Conclusions:

  • Optimization procedures accounting for optical heterogeneity and PS distribution are feasible for prostate PDT.
  • Patient-specific modeling improves the accuracy and uniformity of PDT dose delivery.
  • This approach holds promise for enhancing the effectiveness of prostate cancer treatment with PDT.