循环子和线性加速器产生的扫描质子束用于肺癌SBRT:相互作用效应和缓解
Chieh-Wen Liu1, Anna M Kolano2,3, Tara Gray1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Medical physics
|April 29, 2024
概括
肺癌的笔束扫描质子疗法受器官运动的影响. 在质子加速器中,更大的斑点尺寸提供了更强大的抗运动稳定性,而较小的斑点尺寸与体积再绘可以实现临床目标.
科学领域:
- 医学物理 医学物理
- 辐射瘤学 辐射瘤学
- 放射治疗技术 放射治疗技术
背景情况:
- 对移动目标的笔束扫描 (PBS) 质子疗法面临挑战,原因是扫描束和器官运动之间的相互作用效应.
- 胸部区域的呼吸运动是器官运动的主要驱动因素,影响质子治疗的有效性.
研究的目的:
- 评估不同PBS质子加速器类型和点大小对相互作用效应的影响.
- 评估缓解策略和规划质量,用于非小细胞肺癌 (NSCLC) 治疗中的立体体辐射疗法 (SBRT).
- 为了比较循环加速器生成的质子束 (CPB),线性加速器质子束 (LPB) 和线性加速器质子迷你束 (LPMB).
主要方法:
- 对20名用光子SBRT治疗的NSCLC患者的回顾性分析,对CPB,LPB和LPMB生成了质子疗法计划.
- 使用四维计算机断层扫描 (4DCT) 数据进行了强大的优化计划,评估了单字段优化 (SFO) 和多字段优化 (MFO).
- 通过计算10个呼吸阶段的剂量分布来评估相互作用效应,并以不同程度应用体积重绘 (VR).
主要成果:
- 与LPB和LPMB的MFO计划相比,SFO计划对相互作用效应的敏感性较小.
- 没有重新涂料,CPB的平均GTV V100%RX最高 (99.42%),其次是LPB (97.52%) 和LPMB (94.49%).
- 卷度重新涂料改善了GTV V100%RX,特别是LPMB (4.63%的改善),达到>95%的接受标准.
- 小点机 (LPB,LPMB) 显示出更好的正常肺V20Gy节约,即使使用VR.
结论:
- 具有更大的点尺寸 (CPB) 的质子机在没有重新涂料的情况下,可以产生更强大的计划来防止相互作用效应.
- 为了满足LPB和LPMB的计划接受标准,需要增加VR频率并减少现货大小.
- 虚拟现实增强了小型点位模式的计划稳定性,具有快速的能量变化,尽管运动,但仍然保持了LPMB的肺节省效益.
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