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An investigation of image guidance dose for breast radiotherapy

Cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used for external‐beam radiation therapy setup and target localization. As with all medical applications of ionizing radiation, radiation exposure should be managed safely and optimized to achieve the necessary image quality using the lowest possible dose. The...

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Autores principales: Alvarado, Rosemerie, Booth, Jeremy T., Bromley, Regina M., Gustafsson, Helen B
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5714412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23652243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v14i3.4085
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author Alvarado, Rosemerie
Booth, Jeremy T.
Bromley, Regina M.
Gustafsson, Helen B
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description Cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used for external‐beam radiation therapy setup and target localization. As with all medical applications of ionizing radiation, radiation exposure should be managed safely and optimized to achieve the necessary image quality using the lowest possible dose. The present study investigates doses from standard kilovoltage kV radiographic and CBCT imaging protocol, and proposes two novel reduced dose CBCT protocols for the setup of breast cancer patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy. The standard thorax kV and low‐dose thorax CBCT protocols available on Varian's On‐Board Imaging system was chosen as the reference technique for breast imaging. Two new CBCT protocols were created by modifying the low‐dose thorax protocol, one with a reduced gantry rotation range (“Under breast” protocol) and the other with a reduced tube current‐time product setting (“Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol). The absorbed doses to lungs, heart, breasts, and skin were measured using XRQA2 radiochromic film in an anthropomorphic female phantom. The absorbed doses to lungs, heart, and breasts were also calculated using the PCXMC Monte Carlo simulation software. The effective dose was calculated using the measured doses to the included organs and the ICRP 103 tissue weighting factors. The deviation between measured and simulated organ doses was between 3% and 24%. Reducing the protocol exposure time to half of its original value resulted in a reduction in the absorbed doses of the organs of 50%, while the reduced rotation range resulted in a dose reduction of at least 60%. Absorbed doses obtained from “Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol were higher than the doses from our departments orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol. Doses acquired from “Under breast” protocol were comparable to the doses measured from the orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol. The effective dose per fraction using the CBCT for standard low‐dose thorax protocol was [Formula: see text]; for the “Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol it was [Formula: see text]; and for the “Under breast” protocol it was [Formula: see text] when the image isocenter was positioned at the phantom center and [Formula: see text] when the image isocenter was positioned in the middle of right breast. The effective dose per fraction using the orthogonal kV‐kV protocol was [Formula: see text]. The reduction of the scan exposure time or beam rotation range of the CBCT imaging significantly reduced the dose to the organs investigated. The doses from the “Under breast” protocol and orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol were comparable. Simulated organ doses correlated well with measured doses. Effective doses from imaging techniques should be considered with the increase use of kV imaging protocols in order to support the use of IGRT. PACS numbers: 87.55.Qr, 87.55.ne, 87.53Bn, 87.55.kh
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spelling pubmed-57144122018-04-02 An investigation of image guidance dose for breast radiotherapy Alvarado, Rosemerie Booth, Jeremy T. Bromley, Regina M. Gustafsson, Helen B J Appl Clin Med Phys Radiation Oncology Physics Cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used for external‐beam radiation therapy setup and target localization. As with all medical applications of ionizing radiation, radiation exposure should be managed safely and optimized to achieve the necessary image quality using the lowest possible dose. The present study investigates doses from standard kilovoltage kV radiographic and CBCT imaging protocol, and proposes two novel reduced dose CBCT protocols for the setup of breast cancer patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy. The standard thorax kV and low‐dose thorax CBCT protocols available on Varian's On‐Board Imaging system was chosen as the reference technique for breast imaging. Two new CBCT protocols were created by modifying the low‐dose thorax protocol, one with a reduced gantry rotation range (“Under breast” protocol) and the other with a reduced tube current‐time product setting (“Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol). The absorbed doses to lungs, heart, breasts, and skin were measured using XRQA2 radiochromic film in an anthropomorphic female phantom. The absorbed doses to lungs, heart, and breasts were also calculated using the PCXMC Monte Carlo simulation software. The effective dose was calculated using the measured doses to the included organs and the ICRP 103 tissue weighting factors. The deviation between measured and simulated organ doses was between 3% and 24%. Reducing the protocol exposure time to half of its original value resulted in a reduction in the absorbed doses of the organs of 50%, while the reduced rotation range resulted in a dose reduction of at least 60%. Absorbed doses obtained from “Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol were higher than the doses from our departments orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol. Doses acquired from “Under breast” protocol were comparable to the doses measured from the orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol. The effective dose per fraction using the CBCT for standard low‐dose thorax protocol was [Formula: see text]; for the “Low dose thorax 10ms” protocol it was [Formula: see text]; and for the “Under breast” protocol it was [Formula: see text] when the image isocenter was positioned at the phantom center and [Formula: see text] when the image isocenter was positioned in the middle of right breast. The effective dose per fraction using the orthogonal kV‐kV protocol was [Formula: see text]. The reduction of the scan exposure time or beam rotation range of the CBCT imaging significantly reduced the dose to the organs investigated. The doses from the “Under breast” protocol and orthogonal kV‐kV imaging protocol were comparable. Simulated organ doses correlated well with measured doses. Effective doses from imaging techniques should be considered with the increase use of kV imaging protocols in order to support the use of IGRT. PACS numbers: 87.55.Qr, 87.55.ne, 87.53Bn, 87.55.kh John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2013-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5714412/ /pubmed/23652243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v14i3.4085 Text en © 2013 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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