Maureen Lee1, Anna Simeonov1, Teo Stanescu1,2, Laura A Dawson1, Kristy K Brock3, Michael Velec1,2. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2M9, Canada. 2. TECHNA Institute, University Health Network, 100 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L5, Canada. 3. Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Abdominal compression can minimize breathing motion in stereotactic radiotherapy, though it may impact the positioning of dose-limiting normal tissues. This study quantified the reproducibility of abdominal normal tissues and respiratory motion with the use of an abdominal compression device using MR imaging. METHODS: Twenty healthy volunteers had repeat MR over 3 days under an abdominal compression plate device. Normal tissues were delineated on daily axial T2-weighted MR and compared on days 2 and 3 relative to day 1, after adjusting for baseline shifts relative to bony anatomy. Inter-fraction organ deformation was computed using deformable registration of axial T2 images. Deformation > 5 mm was assumed to be clinically relevant. Inter-fraction respiratory amplitude changes and intra-fraction baseline drifts during imaging were quantified on daily orthogonal cine-MR (70 s each), and changes > 3 mm were assumed to be relevant. RESULTS: On axial MR, the mean inter-fraction normal tissue deformation was > 5 mm for all organs (range 5.1-13.4 mm). Inter-fraction compression device misplacements > 5 mm and changes in stomach volume > 50% occurred at a rate of 93% and 38%, respectively, in one or more directions and were associated with larger adjacent organ deformation, in particular for the duodenum. On cine-MR, inter-fraction amplitude changes > 3 mm on day 2 and 3 relative to day 1 occurred at a rate of < 12.5% (mean superior-inferior change was 1.6 mm). Intra-fraction baseline drifts > 3 mm during any cine-MR acquisition occurred at a rate of 23% (mean superior-inferior changes was 2.4 mm). CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory motion under abdominal compression is reproducible in most subjects within 3 mm. However, inter-fraction deformations greater than 5 mm in normal tissues were common and larger than inter- and intra-fraction respiratory changes. Deformations were driven mostly by variable stomach contents and device positioning. The magnitude of this motion may impact normal tissue dosimetry during stereotactic radiotherapy.
PURPOSE: Abdominal compression can minimize breathing motion in stereotactic radiotherapy, though it may impact the positioning of dose-limiting normal tissues. This study quantified the reproducibility of abdominal normal tissues and respiratory motion with the use of an abdominal compression device using MR imaging. METHODS: Twenty healthy volunteers had repeat MR over 3 days under an abdominal compression plate device. Normal tissues were delineated on daily axial T2-weighted MR and compared on days 2 and 3 relative to day 1, after adjusting for baseline shifts relative to bony anatomy. Inter-fraction organ deformation was computed using deformable registration of axial T2 images. Deformation > 5 mm was assumed to be clinically relevant. Inter-fraction respiratory amplitude changes and intra-fraction baseline drifts during imaging were quantified on daily orthogonal cine-MR (70 s each), and changes > 3 mm were assumed to be relevant. RESULTS: On axial MR, the mean inter-fraction normal tissue deformation was > 5 mm for all organs (range 5.1-13.4 mm). Inter-fraction compression device misplacements > 5 mm and changes in stomach volume > 50% occurred at a rate of 93% and 38%, respectively, in one or more directions and were associated with larger adjacent organ deformation, in particular for the duodenum. On cine-MR, inter-fraction amplitude changes > 3 mm on day 2 and 3 relative to day 1 occurred at a rate of < 12.5% (mean superior-inferior change was 1.6 mm). Intra-fraction baseline drifts > 3 mm during any cine-MR acquisition occurred at a rate of 23% (mean superior-inferior changes was 2.4 mm). CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory motion under abdominal compression is reproducible in most subjects within 3 mm. However, inter-fraction deformations greater than 5 mm in normal tissues were common and larger than inter- and intra-fraction respiratory changes. Deformations were driven mostly by variable stomach contents and device positioning. The magnitude of this motion may impact normal tissue dosimetry during stereotactic radiotherapy.
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