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Overlap-guided fixed-patient support positioning optimization for cranial SRT.

R Lee MacDonald¹, James L Robar^1,2,3, Christopher G Thomas^1,2,3,4

¹Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.

Medical Physics

|January 4, 2017

Summary

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Optimizing couch rotation in cranial stereotactic radiotherapy significantly reduces organ-at-risk radiation doses. This technique improves treatment planning for brain tumors without increasing time.

Keywords:

optimization radiotherapy stereotactic trajectory

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Neurosurgery

Background:

Stereotactic radiotherapy is a precise radiation treatment for cranial tumors.
Optimizing patient positioning is crucial for minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissues.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate dosimetric improvements by optimizing fixed-couch rotational positions in cranial cancer stereotactic treatments.
To reduce radiation dose to organs-at-risk (OARs) while maintaining target volume (PTV) coverage.

Main Methods:

Redesigned treatment arrangements using previously delivered cranial stereotactic radiotherapy plans.
Determined optimal couch rotation positions based on a cost function analysis of OAR-PTV overlap.
Algorithm incorporated OAR radiation dose sensitivities, depth, and vector orthogonality.

Main Results:

Evaluated on 16 acoustic neuroma patients.
Maximum and mean doses to OARs were reduced by approximately 14.30% ± 2.86% and 19.25% ± 2.10%, respectively.
Improved PTV conformity and homogeneity were observed.

Conclusions:

Optimizing fixed-couch rotational position offers significant dosimetric improvements in cranial stereotactic radiotherapy.
This technique enhances OAR sparing and PTV coverage without increasing delivery or planning time.