Sharpe Michael B, Moseley Douglas J, Purdie Thomas G, Islam Mohammad, Siewerdsen Jeffrey H, Jaffray David A
Princess Margaret Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada.
Med Phys. 2006 Jan;33(1):136-44. doi: 10.1118/1.2143141.
The geometric accuracy and precision of an image-guided treatment system were assessed. Image guidance is performed using an x-ray volume imaging (XVI) system integrated with a linear accelerator and treatment planning system. Using an amorphous silicon detector and x-ray tube, volumetric computed tomography images are reconstructed from kilovoltage radiographs by filtered backprojection. Image fusion and assessment of geometric targeting are supported by the treatment planning system. To assess the limiting accuracy and precision of image-guided treatment delivery, a rigid spherical target embedded in an opaque phantom was subjected to 21 treatment sessions over a three-month period. For each session, a volumetric data set was acquired and loaded directly into an active treatment planning session. Image fusion was used to ascertain the couch correction required to position the target at the prescribed iso-center. Corrections were validated independently using megavoltage electronic portal imaging to record the target position with respect to symmetric treatment beam apertures. An initial calibration cycle followed by repeated image-guidance sessions demonstrated the XVI system could be used to relocate an unambiguous object to within less than 1 mm of the prescribed location. Treatment could then proceed within the mechanical accuracy and precision of the delivery system. The calibration procedure maintained excellent spatial resolution and delivery precision over the duration of this study, while the linear accelerator was in routine clinical use. Based on these results, the mechanical accuracy and precision of the system are ideal for supporting high-precision localization and treatment of soft-tissue targets.
评估了图像引导治疗系统的几何准确性和精度。图像引导是使用与直线加速器和治疗计划系统集成的X射线容积成像(XVI)系统来执行的。利用非晶硅探测器和X射线管,通过滤波反投影从千伏射线照片重建容积计算机断层扫描图像。治疗计划系统支持图像融合和几何靶向评估。为了评估图像引导治疗交付的极限准确性和精度,将一个嵌入不透明体模中的刚性球形靶在三个月内进行了21次治疗。对于每个疗程,获取一个容积数据集并直接加载到一个活跃的治疗计划疗程中。使用图像融合来确定将靶定位在规定等中心所需的治疗床校正。使用兆伏级电子门静脉成像独立验证校正,以记录靶相对于对称治疗束孔径的位置。一个初始校准周期 followed by repeated image-guidance sessions表明XVI系统可用于将一个明确的物体重新定位到规定位置的1毫米以内。然后可以在输送系统的机械精度范围内进行治疗。在本研究期间,当直线加速器处于常规临床使用时,校准程序保持了优异的空间分辨率和输送精度。基于这些结果,该系统的机械精度非常适合支持软组织靶标的高精度定位和治疗。
原文中“An initial calibration cycle followed by repeated image-guidance sessions”表述不太完整准确,可能影响理解,但按照要求忠实翻译。