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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Image-Guided Therapy

Background:

  • Conventional beam orientation optimization (BOO) in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) uses a fixed set of beam angles across all treatment fractions.
  • This fraction-invariant approach may not fully optimize dose distribution, potentially leading to suboptimal sparing of organs at risk (OARs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a novel fraction-variant (FV) beam orientation optimization (BOO) formulation for IMRT using group sparsity.
  • To assess the dosimetric benefits of FV-BOO compared to fraction-invariant plans in various clinical cases.

Main Methods:

  • A group sparsity-based BOO formulation was developed to simultaneously optimize non-coplanar beam angles for each fraction.
  • The optimization involved a multi-fraction fluence map optimization problem with a large pool of candidate beams per fraction, solved using the fast iterative shrinkage-thresholding algorithm.
  • FV-BOO plans were generated for digital phantom, prostate, lung, and head and neck cancer cases and compared against fraction-invariant plans.

Main Results:

  • FV-BOO plans achieved significant reductions in mean OAR dose (average 3.3% of prescription dose) and D2 values (average 3.8% of prescription dose) compared to fraction-invariant plans.
  • Specific OAR dose reductions were observed for critical structures like the rectum, penile bulb, cochleas, and brainstem.
  • Planning target volume (PTV) homogeneity, measured by D95/D5, improved in phantom, prostate, and lung cases, while remaining comparable for the head and neck case.
  • FV plans demonstrated dosimetric similarity to conventional plans using twice the number of beams per fraction.

Conclusions:

  • Fraction-variant beam orientation optimization offers significant dosimetric advantages by reducing OAR radiation exposure.
  • The FV-BOO approach maintains target coverage and homogeneity while potentially decreasing treatment delivery time.
  • This method represents a promising advancement for optimizing non-coplanar IMRT delivery.