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On the use of C-arm fluoroscopy for treatment planning in high dose rate brachytherapy.

Abstract：

:Treatment planning for brachytherapy requires the acquisition of geometrical information of the implant applicator and the patient anatomy. This is typically done using a simulator or a computed tomography scanner. In this study, we present a different method by which orthogonal images from a C-arm fluoroscopic machine is used for high dose rate brachytherapy treatment planning. A typical C-arm is not isocentric, and it does not have the mechanical accuracy of a simulator. One solution is to place a reconstruction box with fiducial markers around the patient. However, with the limited clearance of the C-arm this method is very cumbersome to use, and is not suitable for all patients and implant sites. A different approach is adopted in our study. First, the C-arm movements are limited to three directions only between the two orthogonal images: the C-orbital rotation, the vertical column, and the horizontal arm directions. The amounts of the two linear movements and the geometric parameters of the C-arm orbit are used to calculate the location of the crossing point of the two beams and thus the magnification factors of the two images. Second, the fluoroscopic images from the C-arm workstation are transferred in DICOM format to the planning computer through a local area network. Distortions in the fluoroscopic images, with its major component the "pincushion" effect, are numerically removed using a software program developed in house, which employs a seven-parameter polynomial filter. The overall reconstruction accuracy using this method is found to be 2 mm. This filmless process reduces the overall time needed for treatment planning, and greatly improves the workflow for high dose rate brachytherapy procedures. Since its commissioning nearly three years ago, this system has been used extensively at our institution for endobronchial, intracavitary, and interstitial brachytherapy planning with satisfactory results.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Liu L,Bassano DA,Prasad SC,Keshler BL,Hahn SS

doi

10.1118/1.1598851

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-09-01 00:00:00

pages

2297-302

issue

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

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On the use of C-arm fluoroscopy for treatment planning in high dose rate brachytherapy.