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Evaluation of stereotactic radiosurgery conformity indices for 170 target volumes in patients with brain metastases

A database of clinically approved stereotactic radiosurgery treatment plans was created. One hundred and seventy targets in the database were then retrospectively evaluated using conformity indices suggested by RTOG, SALT‐Lomax and Paddick. Relationships between the three alternative conformity indi...

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Autores principales: Stanley, Julia, Breitman, Karen, Dunscombe, Peter, Spencer, David P., Lau, Harold
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21587193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v12i2.3449
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Sumario:A database of clinically approved stereotactic radiosurgery treatment plans was created. One hundred and seventy targets in the database were then retrospectively evaluated using conformity indices suggested by RTOG, SALT‐Lomax and Paddick. Relationships between the three alternative conformity indices were determined. The Paddick index combines the information provided by the RTOG and SALT‐Lomax indices into a single index. The variation in the geometric overlap ratio, which is related to the SALT‐Lomax index, was found to be not clinically relevant for our cohort of patients, and thus the Paddick and RTOG indices can be directly related. It was found that access to a dose volume histogram or dose distribution for a treatment plan renders the RTOG conformity index sufficient for plan quality evaluation. PACS number: 87.53.Ly