Evaluation of Dose Distributions Recalculated with Per-field Measurement Data under the Condition of Respiratory Motion during IMRT for Liver Cancer

국문 초록 (Abstract)

내부표적체적을 기반으로 계획된 간암 환자의 세기조절방사선치료에서 호흡에 의한 장기의 움직임 영향을 적용하여 체내 실제 종양 부피와 중요 장기 부피에서의 선량분포를 재계산하고, 호흡동조 방식의 세기조절방사선치료 계획 결과와 비교를 통한 선량적 특성을 분석하였다. 내부표적체적은 MIM 프로그램을 사용하여 형성하였고, 호흡에 의한 장기 움직임을 모사할 수 있는 구동 팬텀을 사용하였다. 체내 선량분포는 세기조절방사선치료의 품질보증 과정에서 2차원 다이오드 검출기 배열 장치인 MapCHECK2로 측정한 조사면 별 측정 결과를 기반으로 3DVH 프로그램으로 재계산 하였다. 내부표적체적 기반의 세기조절방사선치료 수행 시 계획표적체적에 충분히 처방선량이 조사되었지만, 선량의 균일도는 호흡동조 방식의 세기조절방사선치료와 비교 시 열등한 결과를 보였다. 상대적으로 더 큰 조사면을 사용하는 내부표적체적 기반의 세기조절방사선치료에서 손상위험장기체적에 더 높은 선량이 조사됨을 확인할 수 있었지만, 척수에 증가된 선량은 부작용 발생확률에 큰 영향을 주지 않는 적은 양이었고, 정상 간이나 신장 부위의 증가된 선량도 최적화 과정에서 좀 더 선량감소 조건을 강화한다면 큰 영향이 없을 것으로 평가되었다. 호흡동조 방식의 세기조절방사선치료가 치료계획에서는 더 좋은 선량분포를 보이고 있으나, 실제 구현 과정에서 다엽콜리메이터의 움직임 오류로 인한 선량의 오차와 치료시간의 증가 측면의 단점이 있으므로, 환자 호흡 상태 및 손상위험장기의 선량제한 값에 대한 사전 분석을 통해 환자 별 최적의 세기조절방사선치료 기법을 선정하여 적용하는 것이 타당하다고 생각된다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The dose distributions within the real volumes of tumor targets and critical organs during internal target volume-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (ITV-IMRT) for liver cancer were recalculated by applying the effects of actual respiratory organ motion, and the dosimetric features were analyzed through comparison with gating IMRT (Gate-IMRT) plan results. The ITV was created using MIM software, and a moving phantom was used to simulate respiratory motion. The doses were recalculated with a 3 dose-volume histogram (3DVH) program based on the per-field data measured with a MapCHECK2 2-dimensional diode detector array. Although a sufficient prescription dose covered the PTV during ITV-IMRT delivery, the dose homogeneity in the PTV was inferior to that with the Gate-IMRT plan. We confirmed that there were higher doses to the organs-at-risk (OARs) with ITV-IMRT, as expected when using an enlarged field, but the increased dose to the spinal cord was not significant and the increased doses to the liver and kidney could be considered as minor when the reinforced constraints were applied during IMRT plan optimization. Because the Gate-IMRT method also has disadvantages such as unsuspected dosimetric variations when applying the gating system and an increased treatment time, it is better to perform a prior analysis of the patient's respiratory condition and the importance and fulfillment of the IMRT plan dose constraints in order to select an optimal IMRT method with which to correct the respiratory organ motional effect.

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