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SurVolT: Surface to Volume conversion Tool. A proof of concept
Alexia Gorecki1, Veronica Sorgato1, Christophe Mazzara2
1Department of Radiotherapy, Daniel Hollard Cancer Institute, Grenoble, France; School of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Grenoble Alpes University, France.
Purpose:
To develop SurVolT, a conversion tool able to apply volumetric changes to DICOM Computed Tomography (CT) data using daily surface (obj) data acquired with AlignRT® (VisionRT Ltd.), primarily designed and validated for breast treatments.
Materials And Methods:
SurVolT proceeds in 4 steps: 1. AlignRT .obj files extraction, 2. Contour deformation where the surface data points are matched to the initial external contour on a Region Of Interest, ROImatch, on which the anatomy is supposed to be unchanged. Then, external contour substitution is performed on the ROIttt covering the treated breast area. This is validated on a female torso phantom with a tissue-equivalent bolus mimicking an edema. The Planning Treatment Volume (PTV) contour from the initial CT is also deformed according to the new external contour in the ROIttt. 3. Volumetric data estimation according to the new external contour, validated on an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom. 4. Import of new DICOM data into the Treatment Planning System (TPS). Finally, the workflow is applied on a first patient presenting an anatomical change during the treatment.
Results:
The validation of step 2 and 3 shows a bolus thickness estimation of 5.8±1.2mm (expected 5 mm) and the non-rigid deformation of initial CT images follows the new external contour at the ROIttt bolus site while revealing negligible deformation elsewhere.
Conclusion:
This first proof of concept introducing a Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) tool allowing daily surface data to volume conversion is a fundamental step toward SGRT-based adaptive radiotherapy.
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