Berna A Yildirim1, Cem Onal2, Yemliha Dolek1. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, 01120, Adana, Turkey. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, 01120, Adana, Turkey. hcemonal@hotmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare soft-tissue cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT-P) and fiducial marker (CBCT-FM)-based image guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen prostate cancer patients were treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Manual alignment using CBCT-P and CBCT-FM was performed for each patient. Couch shifts were calculated and compared between methods in the left-right (x), superior-inferior (y), and anterior-posterior (z) directions. RESULTS: CBCT-P and CBCT-FM alignments were compared using 252 scans from the 16 patients. Mean displacement from zero was 2.4 ± 1.3, 1.7 ± 1.2, and 1.8 ± 1.1 mm for CBCT-P and 2.3 ± 1.3, 1.7 ± 1.1 and 1.8 ± 1.1 mm for CBCT-FM in the x, y and z directions, respectively. There was no difference in median displacement between CBCT-P and CBCT-FM; however, there was a significant positive correlation between CBCT-P- and CBCT-FM-based displacements in the x (r = 0.881; p < 0.001), y (r = 0.789; p < 0.001) and z (r = 0.856; p < 0.001) directions by linear regression analysis. Systematic deviations within each group were <1 mm; however, random and systematic errors were similar in the x and y directions but larger in the z direction. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrated that CBCT-FM was not superior to CBCT-P for image-guided radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients.
PURPOSE: To compare soft-tissue cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT-P) and fiducial marker (CBCT-FM)-based image guided radiotherapy in prostate cancerpatients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen prostate cancerpatients were treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Manual alignment using CBCT-P and CBCT-FM was performed for each patient. Couch shifts were calculated and compared between methods in the left-right (x), superior-inferior (y), and anterior-posterior (z) directions. RESULTS: CBCT-P and CBCT-FM alignments were compared using 252 scans from the 16 patients. Mean displacement from zero was 2.4 ± 1.3, 1.7 ± 1.2, and 1.8 ± 1.1 mm for CBCT-P and 2.3 ± 1.3, 1.7 ± 1.1 and 1.8 ± 1.1 mm for CBCT-FM in the x, y and z directions, respectively. There was no difference in median displacement between CBCT-P and CBCT-FM; however, there was a significant positive correlation between CBCT-P- and CBCT-FM-based displacements in the x (r = 0.881; p < 0.001), y (r = 0.789; p < 0.001) and z (r = 0.856; p < 0.001) directions by linear regression analysis. Systematic deviations within each group were <1 mm; however, random and systematic errors were similar in the x and y directions but larger in the z direction. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrated that CBCT-FM was not superior to CBCT-P for image-guided radiotherapy in prostate cancerpatients.
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