Eelco Lens1, Oliver J Gurney-Champion2, Daniël R Tekelenburg3, Zdenko van Kesteren3, Michael J Parkes4, Geertjan van Tienhoven3, Aart J Nederveen5, Astrid van der Horst3, Arjan Bel3. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: e.lens@amc.uva.nl. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 4. School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)/Wellcome Trust Birmingham Clinical Research Facility, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK. 5. Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Contrary to what is commonly assumed, organs continue to move during breath-holding. We investigated the influence of lung volume on motion magnitude during breath-holding and changes in velocity over the duration of breath-holding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen healthy subjects performed 60-second inhalation breath-holds in room-air, with lung volumes of ∼100% and ∼70% of the inspiratory capacity, and exhalation breath-holds, with lung volumes of ∼30% and ∼0% of the inspiratory capacity. During breath-holding, we obtained dynamic single-slice magnetic-resonance images with a time-resolution of 0.6s. We used 2-dimensional image correlation to obtain the diaphragmatic and pancreatic velocity and displacement during breath-holding. RESULTS: Organ velocity was largest in the inferior-superior direction and was greatest during the first 10s of breath-holding, with diaphragm velocities of 0.41mm/s, 0.29mm/s, 0.16mm/s and 0.15mm/s during BH100%, BH70%, BH30% and BH0%, respectively. Organ motion magnitudes were larger during inhalation breath-holds (diaphragm moved 9.8 and 9.0mm during BH100% and BH70%, respectively) than during exhalation breath-holds (5.6 and 4.3mm during BH30% and BH0%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Using exhalation breath-holds rather than inhalation breath-holds and delaying irradiation until after the first 10s of breath-holding may be advantageous for irradiation of abdominal tumors. Copyright Â
PURPOSE: Contrary to what is commonly assumed, organs continue to move during breath-holding. We investigated the influence of lung volume on motion magnitude during breath-holding and changes in velocity over the duration of breath-holding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen healthy subjects performed 60-second inhalation breath-holds in room-air, with lung volumes of ∼100% and ∼70% of the inspiratory capacity, and exhalation breath-holds, with lung volumes of ∼30% and ∼0% of the inspiratory capacity. During breath-holding, we obtained dynamic single-slice magnetic-resonance images with a time-resolution of 0.6s. We used 2-dimensional image correlation to obtain the diaphragmatic and pancreatic velocity and displacement during breath-holding. RESULTS: Organ velocity was largest in the inferior-superior direction and was greatest during the first 10s of breath-holding, with diaphragm velocities of 0.41mm/s, 0.29mm/s, 0.16mm/s and 0.15mm/s during BH100%, BH70%, BH30% and BH0%, respectively. Organ motion magnitudes were larger during inhalation breath-holds (diaphragm moved 9.8 and 9.0mm during BH100% and BH70%, respectively) than during exhalation breath-holds (5.6 and 4.3mm during BH30% and BH0%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Using exhalation breath-holds rather than inhalation breath-holds and delaying irradiation until after the first 10s of breath-holding may be advantageous for irradiation of abdominal tumors. Copyright Â
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