| Literature DB >> 30911315 |
Emily Hubley1, Michael Trager1, Voichita Bar-Ad1, Adam Luginbuhl2, Laura Doyle1.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Intraoperatively implanted Cesium-131 (131Cs) permanent seed brachytherapy is used to deliver highly localized re-irradiation in recurrent head and neck cancers. A single planar implant of uniform air kerma strength (AKS) seeds and 10 mm seed-to-seed spacing is used to deliver the prescribed dose to a point 5 mm or 10 mm perpendicular to the center of the implant plane. Nomogram tables to quickly determine the required AKS for rectangular and irregularly shaped implants were created and dosimetrically verified. By eliminating the need for a full treatment planning system plan, nomogram tables allow for fast dose calculation for intraoperative re-planning and for a second check method.Entities:
Keywords: Cesium-131; brachytherapy; head and neck cancer; intraoperative brachytherapy; nomogram; permanent seed implant
Year: 2019 PMID: 30911315 PMCID: PMC6431101 DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2019.82716
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Contemp Brachytherapy ISSN: 2081-2841
Fig. 1The source geometry for Proxcelan 131Cs seeds. Image provided by IsoRay Medical
Fig. 2The implant geometry for the three most recent rectangular and irregular patients. The projection of the prescription point onto the implant plane is indicated by the blue ‘x’. The prescription point is 5 mm perpendicular to the implant plane for all six implants
The total dose delivered (in Gy) to the prescription points (A) 5 mm and (B) 10 mm perpendicular to the implant plane by a rectangular array of x by y 1 U seeds, calculated using the 1D formalism in MATLAB. All implant arrangements prescribed to 5 and 10 mm have differences between the MIM and MATAB calculations of less than 0.4%, and 0.6%, respectively
| A | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| y | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4.60 | 9.19 | 10.37 | 11.55 | 11.97 | 12.40 | 12.59 | 12.78 | 12.87 | 12.97 | 13.02 | 13.07 | 13.10 | 13.13 | 13.15 | 13.17 |
| 2 | 18.38 | 20.74 | 23.10 | 23.95 | 24.80 | 25.18 | 25.56 | 25.75 | 25.94 | 26.04 | 26.15 | 26.20 | 26.26 | 26.30 | 26.33 | |
| 3 | 23.74 | 26.75 | 27.90 | 29.06 | 29.59 | 30.13 | 30.40 | 30.68 | 30.83 | 30.98 | 31.06 | 31.15 | 31.20 | 31.25 | ||
| 4 | 30.39 | 31.86 | 33.32 | 34.01 | 34.70 | 35.06 | 35.42 | 35.61 | 35.81 | 35.92 | 36.04 | 36.10 | 36.17 | |||
| 5 | 33.51 | 35.16 | 35.97 | 36.77 | 37.19 | 37.61 | 37.85 | 38.08 | 38.22 | 38.35 | 38.44 | 38.52 | ||||
| 6 | 37.01 | 37.92 | 38.83 | 39.32 | 39.81 | 40.08 | 40.35 | 40.51 | 40.67 | 40.77 | 40.86 | |||||
| 7 | 38.91 | 39.89 | 40.42 | 40.96 | 41.26 | 41.56 | 41.74 | 41.92 | 42.03 | 42.13 | ||||||
| 8 | 40.95 | 41.53 | 42.11 | 42.44 | 42.77 | 42.97 | 43.17 | 43.29 | 43.41 | |||||||
| 9 | 42.14 | 42.75 | 43.11 | 43.46 | 43.67 | 43.88 | 44.01 | 44.14 | ||||||||
| 10 | 43.40 | 43.77 | 44.15 | 44.37 | 44.60 | 44.74 | 44.87 | |||||||||
| 11 | 44.16 | 44.55 | 44.79 | 45.02 | 45.17 | 45.31 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 44.96 | 45.21 | 45.45 | 45.60 | 45.76 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 45.46 | 45.71 | 45.87 | 46.03 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 45.97 | 46.14 | 46.30 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 46.30 | 46.47 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 46.64 |
The total dose delivered (in Gy) to the prescription points (A) 5 mm and (B) 10 mm perpendicular to the implant plane by a rectangular array of z by r 1 U seeds, calculated using the 2D formalism in MATLAB, where z and r and the number of seeds along the seeds’ long axis and radial directions respectively. All implant arrangements prescribed to 5 and 10 mm have differences between the MIM and MATAB calculations of less than 0.8% and 1.4%, respectively
| A | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| r | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4.67 | 9.35 | 10.43 | 11.51 | 11.87 | 12.24 | 12.40 | 12.56 | 12.64 | 12.72 | 12.76 | 12.81 | 12.83 | 12.86 | 12.87 | 12.89 |
| 2 | 9.35 | 18.70 | 20.86 | 23.02 | 23.75 | 24.48 | 24.79 | 25.11 | 25.28 | 25.44 | 25.53 | 25.62 | 25.67 | 25.72 | 25.75 | 25.78 |
| 3 | 10.58 | 21.17 | 23.98 | 26.78 | 27.81 | 28.83 | 29.30 | 29.76 | 29.99 | 30.23 | 30.36 | 30.49 | 30.57 | 30.64 | 30.69 | 30.73 |
| 4 | 11.82 | 23.64 | 27.09 | 30.55 | 31.87 | 33.19 | 33.80 | 34.40 | 34.71 | 35.03 | 35.20 | 35.37 | 35.47 | 35.57 | 35.63 | 35.68 |
| 5 | 12.26 | 24.53 | 28.30 | 32.08 | 33.59 | 35.10 | 35.81 | 36.53 | 36.90 | 37.28 | 37.48 | 37.69 | 37.81 | 37.93 | 38.00 | 38.07 |
| 6 | 12.71 | 25.42 | 29.51 | 33.60 | 35.31 | 37.01 | 37.83 | 38.66 | 39.09 | 39.53 | 39.77 | 40.01 | 40.15 | 40.30 | 40.38 | 40.46 |
| 7 | 12.91 | 25.82 | 30.07 | 34.33 | 36.14 | 37.96 | 38.86 | 39.75 | 40.24 | 40.72 | 40.99 | 41.26 | 41.42 | 41.58 | 41.67 | 41.77 |
| 8 | 13.11 | 26.22 | 30.63 | 35.05 | 36.98 | 38.91 | 39.88 | 40.85 | 41.38 | 41.91 | 42.21 | 42.51 | 42.68 | 42.86 | 42.97 | 43.07 |
| 9 | 13.21 | 26.42 | 30.92 | 35.43 | 37.42 | 39.42 | 40.44 | 41.45 | 42.01 | 42.57 | 42.90 | 43.22 | 43.41 | 43.60 | 43.71 | 43.83 |
| 10 | 13.31 | 26.62 | 31.21 | 35.80 | 37.86 | 39.93 | 40.99 | 42.06 | 42.65 | 43.24 | 43.58 | 43.93 | 44.13 | 44.34 | 44.46 | 44.58 |
| 11 | 13.36 | 26.73 | 31.37 | 36.01 | 38.11 | 40.21 | 41.31 | 42.40 | 43.02 | 43.63 | 43.99 | 44.35 | 44.56 | 44.78 | 44.91 | 45.04 |
| 12 | 13.42 | 26.83 | 31.52 | 36.21 | 38.36 | 40.50 | 41.63 | 42.75 | 43.39 | 44.02 | 44.39 | 44.77 | 44.99 | 45.22 | 45.36 | 45.50 |
| 13 | 13.45 | 26.90 | 31.61 | 36.33 | 38.50 | 40.67 | 41.81 | 42.96 | 43.61 | 44.26 | 44.64 | 45.02 | 45.26 | 45.49 | 45.63 | 45.78 |
| 14 | 13.48 | 26.96 | 31.70 | 36.45 | 38.64 | 40.83 | 42.00 | 43.16 | 43.83 | 44.49 | 44.88 | 45.28 | 45.52 | 45.76 | 45.91 | 46.06 |
| 15 | 13.50 | 26.99 | 31.76 | 36.52 | 38.73 | 40.93 | 42.11 | 43.29 | 43.96 | 44.63 | 45.04 | 45.44 | 45.68 | 45.93 | 46.08 | 46.24 |
| 16 | 13.52 | 27.03 | 31.81 | 36.59 | 38.81 | 41.03 | 42.22 | 43.41 | 44.09 | 44.78 | 45.19 | 45.60 | 45.85 | 46.10 | 46.26 | 46.41 |
Total dose delivered (in Gy) to the 5 mm and 10 mm prescription points by each 1 U seed in an irregular implant, using the point and line source models. Each quadrant can be mirrored about the prescription point to create a full table. Bolded values indicate a difference between line and point source models that are greater than 5% for a single seed’s contribution to the prescription point; bolded and underlined values indicate greater than 10%, with a maximum of 16.9%
| z | Point source model | Line source model | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| r | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 mm | 8 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.012 | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.017 | 0.018 | 0.017 | 0.015 | 0.012 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| 7 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.027 | 0.029 | 0.031 | 0.028 | 0.024 | 0.019 | 0.015 | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.005 | |
| 6 | 0.007 | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.021 | 0.029 | 0.038 | 0.047 | 0.052 | 0.054 | 0.049 | 0.040 | 0.030 | 0.022 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.007 | |
| 5 | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.021 | 0.032 | 0.047 | 0.065 | 0.083 | 0.096 | 0.101 | 0.087 | 0.067 | 0.048 | 0.032 | 0.021 | 0.014 | 0.009 | |
| 4 | 0.012 | 0.019 | 0.029 | 0.047 | 0.073 | 0.111 | 0.156 | 0.190 | 0.199 | 0.162 | 0.114 | 0.073 | 0.046 | 0.029 | 0.018 | 0.011 | |
| 3 | 0.014 | 0.023 | 0.038 | 0.065 | 0.111 | 0.190 | 0.309 | 0.424 | 0.445 | 0.319 | 0.191 | 0.109 | 0.062 | ||||
| 2 | 0.016 | 0.027 | 0.047 | 0.083 | 0.156 | 0.309 | 0.641 | 1.181 | 1.235 | 0.647 | 0.297 | ||||||
| 1 | 0.017 | 0.029 | 0.052 | 0.096 | 0.190 | 0.424 | 1.181 | 4.595 | 4.675 | ||||||||
| 10 mm | 1 | 0.017 | 0.029 | 0.050 | 0.091 | 0.176 | 0.373 | 0.906 | 2.249 | 2.327 | 0.885 | ||||||
| 2 | 0.016 | 0.026 | 0.045 | 0.079 | 0.145 | 0.278 | 0.540 | 0.906 | 0.949 | 0.550 | 0.272 | ||||||
| 3 | 0.014 | 0.022 | 0.037 | 0.062 | 0.105 | 0.176 | 0.278 | 0.373 | 0.392 | 0.288 | 0.177 | 0.103 | 0.060 | ||||
| 4 | 0.012 | 0.018 | 0.029 | 0.045 | 0.070 | 0.105 | 0.145 | 0.176 | 0.185 | 0.151 | 0.108 | 0.070 | 0.044 | 0.028 | 0.017 | 0.011 | |
| 5 | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.021 | 0.031 | 0.045 | 0.062 | 0.079 | 0.091 | 0.095 | 0.083 | 0.064 | 0.046 | 0.031 | 0.021 | 0.013 | 0.009 | |
| 6 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.015 | 0.021 | 0.029 | 0.037 | 0.045 | 0.050 | 0.052 | 0.047 | 0.038 | 0.029 | 0.021 | 0.015 | 0.010 | 0.007 | |
| 7 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.014 | 0.018 | 0.022 | 0.026 | 0.029 | 0.030 | 0.028 | 0.023 | 0.019 | 0.014 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.005 | |
| 8 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.009 | 0.012 | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.017 | 0.018 | 0.017 | 0.014 | 0.012 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.005 | |
The rectangular and irregular implant tables are used to determine AKS (in U) for the three most recent rectangular and irregular patient plans. The percent difference in seed strengths determined using the two methods is presented for each case
| Patient | Seed arrangement | Number of seeds | Tables | MIM Symphony | % difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | 2D | 1D | 2D | 1D | 2D | |||
| 1 | Rectangle: 5 × 4 | 20 | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.9 | 1.9 | –1.1% | –1.1% |
| 2 | Rectangle: 3 × 3 | 9 | 2.53 | 2.50 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| 3 | Rectangle: 6 × 7 | 42 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 1.6 | 1.6 | –1.3% | –0.6% |
| 4 | Irregular: 5, 5, 3 | 13 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 2.3 | 2.2 | –3.0% | 1.4% |
| 5 | Irregular: 6, 6, 5, 4 | 21 | 1.88 | 1.86 | 1.9 | 1.9 | –1.1% | –2.1% |
| 6 | Irregular: 4, 7, 8, 8, 4, 2 | 33 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.7 | 1.7 | –1.8% | –1.8% |
| B | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| y | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2.25 | 4.50 | 5.40 | 6.31 | 6.68 | 7.06 | 7.23 | 7.41 | 7.50 | 7.59 | 7.64 | 7.69 | 7.72 | 7.74 | 7.76 | 7.78 |
| 2 | 8.99 | 10.81 | 12.62 | 13.37 | 14.11 | 14.46 | 14.81 | 15.00 | 15.18 | 15.28 | 15.38 | 15.43 | 15.49 | 15.52 | 15.56 | |
| 3 | 13.16 | 15.51 | 16.54 | 17.56 | 18.06 | 18.55 | 18.81 | 19.07 | 19.22 | 19.36 | 19.45 | 19.53 | 19.58 | 19.63 | ||
| 4 | 18.40 | 19.71 | 21.01 | 21.65 | 22.29 | 22.63 | 22.97 | 23.16 | 23.35 | 23.46 | 23.57 | 23.64 | 23.70 | |||
| 5 | 21.19 | 22.66 | 23.41 | 24.16 | 24.56 | 24.96 | 25.19 | 25.41 | 25.54 | 25.68 | 25.76 | 25.83 | ||||
| 6 | 24.32 | 25.17 | 26.02 | 26.48 | 26.95 | 27.21 | 27.47 | 27.63 | 27.78 | 27.88 | 27.97 | |||||
| 7 | 26.09 | 27.01 | 27.52 | 28.03 | 28.32 | 28.61 | 28.78 | 28.96 | 29.06 | 29.16 | ||||||
| 8 | 28.00 | 28.55 | 29.11 | 29.43 | 29.75 | 29.94 | 30.13 | 30.25 | 30.36 | |||||||
| 9 | 29.14 | 29.72 | 30.06 | 30.40 | 30.61 | 30.81 | 30.94 | 31.06 | ||||||||
| 10 | 30.34 | 30.70 | 31.06 | 31.28 | 31.50 | 31.63 | 31.77 | |||||||||
| 11 | 31.08 | 31.45 | 31.68 | 31.91 | 32.05 | 32.19 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 31.84 | 32.08 | 32.32 | 32.47 | 32.62 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 32.33 | 32.58 | 32.73 | 32.88 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 32.83 | 32.99 | 33.15 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 33.15 | 33.32 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 33.48 |
| B | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| r | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2.33 | 4.65 | 5.54 | 6.42 | 6.77 | 7.11 | 7.26 | 7.42 | 7.50 | 7.58 | 7.62 | 7.66 | 7.69 | 7.71 | 7.73 | 7.74 |
| 2 | 4.65 | 9.31 | 11.08 | 12.85 | 13.53 | 14.22 | 14.53 | 14.84 | 15.00 | 15.15 | 15.24 | 15.32 | 15.37 | 15.42 | 15.45 | 15.48 |
| 3 | 5.60 | 11.21 | 13.53 | 15.85 | 16.80 | 17.76 | 18.21 | 18.65 | 18.88 | 19.11 | 19.24 | 19.36 | 19.44 | 19.51 | 19.55 | 19.59 |
| 4 | 6.55 | 13.10 | 15.98 | 18.85 | 20.07 | 21.30 | 21.88 | 22.47 | 22.77 | 23.07 | 23.24 | 23.40 | 23.50 | 23.60 | 23.65 | 23.71 |
| 5 | 6.94 | 13.89 | 17.05 | 20.21 | 21.61 | 23.02 | 23.70 | 24.39 | 24.75 | 25.11 | 25.31 | 25.51 | 25.63 | 25.75 | 25.82 | 25.89 |
| 6 | 7.34 | 14.67 | 18.12 | 21.57 | 23.15 | 24.73 | 25.52 | 26.31 | 26.73 | 27.15 | 27.39 | 27.62 | 27.76 | 27.90 | 27.98 | 28.06 |
| 7 | 7.52 | 15.04 | 18.64 | 22.24 | 23.93 | 25.62 | 26.48 | 27.34 | 27.80 | 28.27 | 28.53 | 28.80 | 28.95 | 29.10 | 29.20 | 29.29 |
| 8 | 7.70 | 15.41 | 19.16 | 22.91 | 24.71 | 26.50 | 27.44 | 28.37 | 28.88 | 29.39 | 29.68 | 29.97 | 30.14 | 30.31 | 30.41 | 30.52 |
| 9 | 7.80 | 15.60 | 19.43 | 23.27 | 25.13 | 26.99 | 27.97 | 28.94 | 29.48 | 30.02 | 30.33 | 30.65 | 30.83 | 31.02 | 31.13 | 31.24 |
| 10 | 7.90 | 15.79 | 19.71 | 23.62 | 25.55 | 27.47 | 28.50 | 29.52 | 30.09 | 30.66 | 30.99 | 31.33 | 31.52 | 31.72 | 31.84 | 31.97 |
| 11 | 7.95 | 15.90 | 19.86 | 23.82 | 25.78 | 27.75 | 28.80 | 29.85 | 30.44 | 31.04 | 31.39 | 31.73 | 31.94 | 32.15 | 32.28 | 32.41 |
| 12 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 20.01 | 24.02 | 26.02 | 28.02 | 29.10 | 30.19 | 30.80 | 31.41 | 31.78 | 32.14 | 32.36 | 32.58 | 32.71 | 32.85 |
| 13 | 8.03 | 16.06 | 20.10 | 24.13 | 26.16 | 28.19 | 29.28 | 30.38 | 31.01 | 31.64 | 32.01 | 32.39 | 32.61 | 32.84 | 32.98 | 33.12 |
| 14 | 8.06 | 16.12 | 20.18 | 24.25 | 26.30 | 28.35 | 29.47 | 30.58 | 31.23 | 31.87 | 32.25 | 32.64 | 32.87 | 33.10 | 33.25 | 33.39 |
| 15 | 8.08 | 16.16 | 20.24 | 24.32 | 26.38 | 28.44 | 29.57 | 30.71 | 31.36 | 32.01 | 32.40 | 32.79 | 33.03 | 33.27 | 33.42 | 33.57 |
| 16 | 8.10 | 16.19 | 20.29 | 24.39 | 26.46 | 28.54 | 29.68 | 30.83 | 31.49 | 32.15 | 32.55 | 32.94 | 33.19 | 33.43 | 33.59 | 33.74 |