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Investigation into Deep Breathing through Measurement of Ventilatory Parameters and Observation of Breathing Patterns
Published on: September 16, 2019
Motion analysis comparing surface imaging and diaphragm tracking on kV projections for deep inspiration breath hold
Mingli Chen1, Tsuicheng Chiu1, Michael R Folkert2
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Background:
Surface-guided imaging (SGI) is increasingly utilized to monitor patient motion during deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) in radiotherapy. Understanding the association between surface and internal motion is crucial for effective monitoring.
Purpose:
To investigate the relation between motion detected by SGI using surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) and internal motion measured through diaphragm tracking on kV projections acquired with DIBH for online CBCT.
Methods:
Both SGI and kV were simultaneously acquired for ten patients over a total of 200 breath holds (BH). Diaphragm tracking was performed using second-degree polynomial curve fitting on the derivative images for each kV projection and high-pass filtering at 1/30 Hz to remove rotational effects. The superior-inferior (SI) and anterior-posterior (AP) motions of SGI were then compared to kV tracking using various statistical measures.
Results:
The correlation (individuals' median: -0.07 to 0.73) was a suboptimal metric for the BH data. The median and 95th percentile absolute differences between SGI-SI and kV were 0.73 mm and 3.46 mm, respectively, during DIBH. For SGI-AP, the corresponding values were 0.55 mm and 2.80 mm. For inter-BH measurements, the contingency table based on a 3 mm threshold indicated surface/diaphragm motion agreement for SGI-SI/kV and SGI-AP/kV was 61 % and 56 %, respectively.
Conclusion:
Both intra- and inter-BH measurements indicated a limited association between surface and diaphragm motion, with certain constraints noted due to kV tracking and DIBH data. These findings warrant further investigation into the association between surface and internal motion.
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