Department of Radiation Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Radiother Oncol. 2010 Jul;96(1):67-72. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.003.
Correct target definition is crucial in stereotactic radiotherapy for lung tumors. We evaluated use of deformable registration (DR) for target contouring on 4-dimensional (4D) CT scans.
Three clinicians contoured gross tumor volume (GTV) in an end-inspiration phase of 4DCT of 6 patients on two occasions. Two clinicians contoured GTVs in all phases of 4DCT and on maximum intensity projections (MIP). The initial GTV was auto-propagated to 9 other phases using a B-spline algorithm (VelocityAI). Internal target volumes (ITVs) generated were (i) ITV(10manual) encompassing all physician-contoured GTVs, (ii) ITV-MIP(optimized) from MIP after review of individual 4DCT phases, (iii) ITV(10deformed) encompassing auto-propagated GTVs using DR, and (iv) ITV(10deformed-optimized), from an ITV(10deformed) target that was modified to form a 'clinically optimal' ITV. Volume-overlaps were scored using Dice's Similarity Coefficients (DSCs).
Intra-clinician GTV reproducibility was greater than inter-clinician reproducibility (mean DSC 0.93 vs. 0.88, p<0.0004). In five of 6 patients, ITV-MIP(optimized) differed from the ITV(10deformed-optimized). In all patients, the DSC between ITV(10deformed-optimized) and ITV(10deformed) was higher than that between ITV(10deformed-optimized) and ITV-MIP(optimized) (p<0.02 T-test).
ITVs created in stage I tumors using DR were closer to 'clinically optimal' ITVs than was the case with a MIP-modified approach.
在肺部肿瘤的立体定向放疗中,正确的靶区定义至关重要。我们评估了在 4 维 CT(4DCT)扫描中使用形变配准(DR)进行靶区勾画的效果。
3 位临床医生在 6 名患者的 4DCT 吸气末期的 2 次扫描中进行了大体肿瘤体积(GTV)的勾画。2 位临床医生在 4DCT 的所有时相和最大密度投影(MIP)上进行了 GTV 的勾画。使用 B 样条算法(VelocityAI)将初始 GTV 自动传播到 9 个其他时相,生成的内部靶区(ITV)包括:(i)ITV(10manual),包含所有医生勾画的 GTV;(ii)ITV-MIP(optimized),在查看了 4DCT 的各个时相后,从 MIP 生成;(iii)ITV(10deformed),使用 DR 包含自动传播的 GTV;(iv)ITV(10deformed-optimized),来自 ITV(10deformed)靶区,该靶区经过修改以形成“临床最佳”的 ITV。使用 Dice 相似系数(DSC)对体积重叠进行评分。
同一医生的 GTV 可重复性大于不同医生的 GTV 可重复性(平均 DSC 分别为 0.93 和 0.88,p<0.0004)。在 6 名患者中的 5 名中,ITV-MIP(optimized)与 ITV(10deformed-optimized)不同。在所有患者中,ITV(10deformed-optimized)与 ITV(10deformed)之间的 DSC 高于 ITV(10deformed-optimized)与 ITV-MIP(optimized)之间的 DSC(p<0.02 T 检验)。
在 I 期肿瘤中使用 DR 生成的 ITV 比使用 MIP 修正方法更接近“临床最佳”的 ITV。