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McDonald BA, Dal Bello R, Fuller CD, Balermpas P. The Use of MR-Guided Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer and Recommended Reporting Guidance. Semin Radiat Oncol 2024; 34:69-83. [PMID: 38105096 DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2023.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become standard diagnostic workup for head and neck malignancies and is currently recommended by most radiological societies for pharyngeal and oral carcinomas, its utilization in radiotherapy has been heterogeneous during the last decades. However, few would argue that implementing MRI for annotation of target volumes and organs at risk provides several advantages, so that implementation of the modality for this purpose is widely accepted. Today, the term MR-guidance has received a much broader meaning, including MRI for adaptive treatments, MR-gating and tracking during radiotherapy application, MR-features as biomarkers and finally MR-only workflows. First studies on treatment of head and neck cancer on commercially available dedicated hybrid-platforms (MR-linacs), with distinct common features but also differences amongst them, have also been recently reported, as well as "biological adaptation" based on evaluation of early treatment response via functional MRI-sequences such as diffusion weighted ones. Yet, all of these approaches towards head and neck treatment remain at their infancy, especially when compared to other radiotherapy indications. Moreover, the lack of standardization for reporting MR-guided radiotherapy is a major obstacle both to further progress in the field and to conduct and compare clinical trials. Goals of this article is to present and explain all different aspects of MR-guidance for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer, summarize evidence, as well as possible advantages and challenges of the method and finally provide a comprehensive reporting guidance for use in clinical routine and trials.
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- Brigid A McDonald
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Xiang L, Wang Q, Nie D, Zhang L, Jin X, Qiao Y, Shen D. Deep embedding convolutional neural network for synthesizing CT image from T1-Weighted MR image. Med Image Anal 2018; 47:31-44. [PMID: 29674235 PMCID: PMC6410565 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2018.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Recently, more and more attention is drawn to the field of medical image synthesis across modalities. Among them, the synthesis of computed tomography (CT) image from T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) image is of great importance, although the mapping between them is highly complex due to large gaps of appearances of the two modalities. In this work, we aim to tackle this MR-to-CT synthesis task by a novel deep embedding convolutional neural network (DECNN). Specifically, we generate the feature maps from MR images, and then transform these feature maps forward through convolutional layers in the network. We can further compute a tentative CT synthesis from the midway of the flow of feature maps, and then embed this tentative CT synthesis result back to the feature maps. This embedding operation results in better feature maps, which are further transformed forward in DECNN. After repeating this embedding procedure for several times in the network, we can eventually synthesize a final CT image in the end of the DECNN. We have validated our proposed method on both brain and prostate imaging datasets, by also comparing with the state-of-the-art methods. Experimental results suggest that our DECNN (with repeated embedding operations) demonstrates its superior performances, in terms of both the perceptive quality of the synthesized CT image and the run-time cost for synthesizing a CT image.
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- Lei Xiang
- Institute for Medical Imaging Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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- Institute for Medical Imaging Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Institute for Medical Imaging Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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- Institute for Medical Imaging Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiology and BRIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Wagner J, Welzel T, Habermehl D, Debus J, Combs SE. Radiotherapy in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma and Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Clinical Results and Review of the Literature. TUMORI JOURNAL 2018; 100:189-94. [DOI: 10.1177/030089161410000212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aims and Background To evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) and neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) treated with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Patients and Methods Sixteen VS in 14 patients with NF2 were treated with FSRT (n = 14) and SRS (n = 2). Patients with tumor progression and/or progression of clinical symptoms were selected for treatment. For patients treated with FSRT a median total dose of 57.6 Gy was prescribed with a median fractionation of 5 × 1.8 Gy per week. For patients who underwent SRS a median single dose of 17 Gy was prescribed to the 80% isodose. Results FSRT and SRS were well tolerated. Local control rate was 94% for a median follow-up time of 131 months; 2- and 5-year progression-free survival were 100%. The probability of maintaining the pretreatment hearing level was 44%. Useful hearing preservation was 33%. Cranial nerve toxicity was moderate. Trigeminal nerve function worsened in 2 patients (12%) and facial nerve function in 3 patients (19%). One patient developed a new tinnitus. Conclusion FSRT and SRS are both safe and effective noninvasive and minimally invasive treatment options for patients with VS in the setting of NF2. The long-term local control rates are excellent. Functional hearing preservation is worse in patients with VS and NF2 than in patients with sporadic VS.
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- Johanna Wagner
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University Hospital of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University Hospital of Munich, Munich, Germany
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ABSTRACT:The term radiosurgery has been used to describe a variety of radiotherapy techniques which deliver high doses of radiation to small, stereotactically defined intracranial targets in such a way that the dose fall-off outside the targeted volume is very sharp. Proton, charged particle, gamma unit, and linear accelerator-based techniques appear to be equivalent from the standpoint of accuracy, dose distributions, and clinical results. However, capital and operating costs associated with the use of linear accelerators in general clinical use are much lower. Radiosurgery has an established role in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations and acoustic neurinomas. Interest in these techniques is increasing in neurosurgical and radiation oncological communities, as radiosurgery is rapidly assuming a place in the management of several other conditions, including craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, and selected malignant lesions.
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MR imaging without and with gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) is an important imaging tool for defining normal anatomy and characteristics of lesions. GBCAs have been used in contrast-enhanced MR imaging in defining and characterizing lesions of the central nervous system for more than 20 years. The combination of unenhanced and GBCA-enhanced MR imaging is the clinical gold standard for the noninvasive detection and delineation of most intracranial and spinal lesions. MR imaging has a high predictive value that rules out neoplasm and most inflammatory and demyelinating processes of the central nervous system.
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- Bum-soo Kim
- Department of Radiology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Fox T, Lawson J, Schreibmann E. Technical Aspects of PET/CT-Based Radiotherapy Planning. PET Clin 2011; 6:117-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2011.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Taghva A. An Automated Navigation System for Deep Brain Stimulator Placement Using Hidden Markov Models. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2010; 66:108-17; discussion 117. [DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000365369.48392.e8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Placement of deep brain stimulators (DBSs) currently involves the use of both image-based stereotaxy and intraoperative microelectrode recording (MER). Interpretations of MER data and integration with anatomical data are currently manual processes. Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are commonly used in signal processing, speech recognition, and a wide array of biologic applications.
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A 6-state HMM was designed and trained for evaluation in simulated surgery for subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS.
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The accuracy of identifying the correct brain location was 98.5%. Sensitivity of detecting passes intersecting the STN was 100%, and specificity was 84.9%. Anatomical location of the MER passes was calculated with a mean error of 0.06 mm (95% confidence interval, −0.54 to 0.42 mm) in the medial-lateral axis.
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Automated DBS intraoperative navigation using HMMs may be feasible based on promising results of this prototype system.
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- Alexander Taghva
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Ortler M, Trinka E, Dobesberger J, Bauer R, Unterhofer C, Twerdy K, Walser G, Unterberger I, Donnemiller E, Gotwald T, Widmann G, Bale R. Integration of multimodality imaging and surgical navigation in the management of patients with refractory epilepsy. A pilot study using a new minimally invasive reference and head-fixation system. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2010; 152:365-78. [PMID: 19960357 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0386-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review the experience with a new system (VBH system) for minimally invasive frameless stereotactic guidance, acting as a common platform to provide multimodal image integration and surgical navigation in a consecutive series of 25 patients who underwent surgery for drug-resistant seizures. METHODS The usefulness of the VBH system for integrating all images to produce one dataset and for intraoperative instrument guidance and navigation was judged semiquantitatively in a three-tiered scale (+, ++, +++). Seizure outcome was classified according to Engel. RESULTS The presurgical evaluation extended over 21.2 months (mean). A total of 141 registrations of images were performed (mean 5.6 per patient, range: 2 to 16). In 19 (76%) of 25 patients structural data fused with functional data were used for the presurgical workup. Six patients proceeded directly to navigated resection. Nineteen patients (76%) underwent invasive recording, of whom 13 underwent resective surgery. In seven patients (28%) the combination of multimodal image fusion and intra-operative stereotactic guidance was judged "essential" (+++) to remove the epileptogenic zone. Integration of all images to form one dataset was "essential" (+++) for decision making in 15 and "helpful" (++) in 4 patients (overall 76% of patients). Intraoperative use of frameless neuronavigation was "essential" (+++) in ten and "helpful" (++) in all remaining patients. Eighty percent of the patients achieved satisfactory seizure outcome after 1 year. CONCLUSION The VBH system is a safe and effective non-invasive tool for repetitive imaging, multimodal image fusion and frameless stereotactic surgical navigation in candidates for epilepsy surgery.
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Combs SE, Welzel T, Schulz-Ertner D, Huber PE, Debus J. Differences in clinical results after LINAC-based single-dose radiosurgery versus fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for patients with vestibular schwannomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010; 76:193-200. [PMID: 19604653 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) treated with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) vs. those treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). METHODS AND MATERIALS This study is based on an analysis of 200 patients with 202 VSs treated with FSRT (n = 172) or SRS (n = 30). Patients with tumor progression and/or progression of clinical symptoms were selected for treatment. In 165 out of 202 VSs (82%), RT was performed as the primary treatment for VS, and for 37 VSs (18%), RT was conducted for tumor progression after neurosurgical intervention. For patients receiving FSRT, a median total dose of 57.6 Gy was prescribed, with a median fractionation of 5 x 1.8 Gy per week. For patients who underwent SRS, a median single dose of 13 Gy was prescribed to the 80% isodose. RESULTS FSRT and SRS were well tolerated. Median follow-up time was 75 months. Local control was not statistically different for both groups. The probability of maintaining the pretreatment hearing level after SRS with doses of < or =13 Gy was comparable to that of FSRT. The radiation dose for the SRS group (< or =13 Gy vs. >13 Gy) significantly influenced hearing preservation rates (p = 0.03). In the group of patients treated with SRS doses of < or =13 Gy, cranial nerve toxicity was comparable to that of the FSRT group. CONCLUSIONS FSRT and SRS are both safe and effective alternatives for the treatment of VS. Local control rates are comparable in both groups. SRS with doses of < or =13 Gy is a safe alternative to FSRT. While FSRT can be applied safely for the treatment of VSs of all sizes, SRS should be reserved for smaller lesions.
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- Stephanie E Combs
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Carlson JD, Iacono RP. Electrophysiological versus Image-Based Targeting in the Posteroventral Pallidotomy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/10929089909148164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Begnozzi L, Benassi M, Bertanelli M, Bonini A, Cionini L, Conte L, Fiorino C, Gabriele P, Gardani G, Giani A, Magri S, Morelli M, Morrica B, Olmi P, Orecchia R, Penduzzu G, Raffaele L, Rosi A, Tabocchini MA, Valdagni R, Viti V. Quality assurance of 3D-CRT: Indications and difficulties in their applications. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009; 70:24-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Revised: 06/12/2008] [Accepted: 07/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Combs SE, Steck I, Schulz-Ertner D, Welzel T, Kulozik AE, Behnisch W, Huber PE, Debus J. Long-term outcome of high-precision radiotherapy in patients with brain stem gliomas: Results from a difficult-to-treat patient population using fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2009; 91:60-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Rezai AR, Machado AG, Deogaonkar M, Azmi H, Kubu C, Boulis NM. Surgery for movement disorders. Neurosurgery 2008; 62 Suppl 2:809-38; discussion 838-9. [PMID: 18596424 DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000316285.52865.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, tremor, and dystonia, are among the most common neurological conditions and affect millions of patients. Although medications are the mainstay of therapy for movement disorders, neurosurgery has played an important role in their management for the past 50 years. Surgery is now a viable and safe option for patients with medically intractable Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. In this article, we provide a review of the history, neurocircuitry, indication, technical aspects, outcomes, complications, and emerging neurosurgical approaches for the treatment of movement disorders.
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- Ali R Rezai
- Center for Neurological Restoration, and Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44122, USA.
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Benedict SH, Bova FJ, Clark B, Goetsch SJ, Hinson WH, Leavitt DD, Schlesinger DJ, Yenice KM. The role of medical physicists in developing stereotactic radiosurgery. Med Phys 2008; 35:4262-77. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2969268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Image-to-patient registration techniques in head surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007; 35:1081-95. [PMID: 17095191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2006] [Revised: 08/18/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Frame-based stereotaxy was developed in neurosurgery at the beginning of the last century, evolving from atlas-based stereotaxy to stereotaxy based on the individual patient's image data. This established method is still in use in neurosurgery and radiotherapy. There have since been two main developments based on this concept: frameless stereotaxy and markerless registration. Frameless stereotactic systems ('navigation systems') replaced the cumbersome stereotactic frame by mechanically and later also optically or magnetically tracked instruments. Stereotaxy based on the individual patient's image data introduced the problem of patient-to-image data registration. The development of navigation systems based on frameless stereotaxy has dramatically increased its use in surgical disciplines other than neurosurgery, but image-guided surgery based on fiducial marker registration needs dedicated imaging for registration purposes, in addition to the diagnostic imaging that might have been performed. Markerless registration techniques can overcome the resulting additional cost and effort, and result in more widespread use of image-guided surgery techniques. In this review paper, the developments that led to today's navigation systems are outlined, and the applications and possibilities of these methods in the field of maxillofacial surgery are presented.
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Noz ME, Chung G, Lee BY, Maguire GQ, DeWyngaert JK, Doshi JV, Kramer EL, Murphy-Walcott AD, Zeleznik MP, Kwak NG. Enhancing the utility of prostascint SPECT scans for patient management. J Med Syst 2006; 30:123-32. [PMID: 16705997 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-7987-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This project investigated reducing the artifact content of In-ill ProstaScint SPECT scans for use in treatment planning and management. Forty-one patients who had undergone CT or MRI scans and simultaneous Tc-99m RBC/In-111 ProstaScint SPECT scans were included. SPECT volume sets, reconstructed using Ordered Set-Expectation Maximum (OS-EM) were compared against those reconstructed with standard Filtered Back projection (FBP). Bladder activity in Tc-99m scans was suppressed within an ellipsoidal volume. Tc-99m voxel values were subtracted from the corresponding In-111 after scaling based on peak activity within the descending aorta. The SPECT volume data sets were merged with the CT or MRI scans before and after processing. Volume merging, based both on visual assessment and statistical evaluation, was not affected. Thus iterative reconstruction together with bladder suppression and blood pool subtraction may improve the interpretation and utility of ProstaScint SPECT scans for patient management.
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- Marilyn E Noz
- Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA.
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Karger CP, Höss A, Bendl R, Canda V, Schad L. Accuracy of device-specific 2D and 3D image distortion correction algorithms for magnetic resonance imaging of the head provided by a manufacturer. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:N253-61. [PMID: 16757858 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/12/n04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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For the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in precision radiotherapy, image distortions must be reduced to a minimum to maintain geometrical accuracy. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) algorithms for MRI-device-specific distortion corrections were developed by the manufacturers of MRI devices. A previously developed phantom (Karger C P et al 2003 Phys. Med. Biol. 48 211-21) was used to quantify and assess the size of geometrical image distortions before and after application of the 2D and 3D correction algorithm in the head region. Four different types of MRI devices with different gradient systems were measured. For comparison, measurements were also performed with two computed tomography (CT) devices. Mean distortions of up to 4.6+/-1.4 mm (maximum: 5.8 mm) were found prior to the correction. After the correction, the mean distortions were well below 2.0 mm in most cases. Distortions in the CT images were below or equal to 1.0 mm on average. Generally, the 3D algorithm produced comparable or better results than the 2D algorithm. The remaining distortions after the correction appear to be acceptable for fractionated radiotherapy.
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- Christian P Karger
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Chen Z, Ma CM, Paskalev K, Li J, Yang J, Richardson T, Palacio L, Xu X, Chen L. Investigation of MR image distortion for radiotherapy treatment planning of prostate cancer. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:1393-403. [PMID: 16510951 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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MR imaging based treatment planning for radiotherapy of prostate cancer is limited due to MR imaging system related geometrical distortions, especially for patients with large body sizes. On our 0.23 T open scanner equipped with the gradient distortion correction (GDC) software, the residual image distortions after the GDC were <5 mm within the central 36 cm x 36 cm area for a standard 48 cm field of view (FOV). In order to use MR imaging alone for treatment planning the effect of residual MR distortions on external patient contour determination, especially for the peripheral regions outside the 36 cm x 36 cm area, must be investigated and corrected. In this work, we performed phantom measurements to quantify MR system related residual geometric distortions after the GDC and the effective FOV. Our results show that for patients with larger lateral dimensions (>36 cm), the differences in patient external contours between distortion-free CT images and GDC-corrected MR images were 1-2 cm because of the combination of greater gradient distortion and loss of field homogeneity away from the isocentre and the uncertainties in patient setup during CT and MRI scans. The measured distortion maps were used to perform point-by-point corrections for patients with large dimensions inside the effective FOV. Using the point-by-point method, the geometrical distortion after the GDC were reduced to <3 mm for external contour determination and the effective FOV was expanded from 36 cm to 42 cm.
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- Z Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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Treuer H, Klein D, Maarouf M, Lehrke R, Voges J, Sturm V. Accuracy and conformity of stereotactically guided interstitial brain tumour therapy using I-125 seeds. Radiother Oncol 2005; 77:202-9. [PMID: 16209895 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 08/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of the stereotactic implantation procedure of catheters containing I-125 seeds in brain tumours and investigate the effect of catheter deviations on the dose distribution in patients. METHODS A randomised sample (n = 37) of all patients treated with I-125 seeds in our department between 6/1994 and 2/2002 was examined. Intraoperative X-ray images were used to measure deviations of implanted I-125 seed catheters from their planned positions and the influence on dose conformity, tumour surface dose and dose burden of surrounding healthy brain tissue was determined. RESULTS The mean spatial target point deviation was 2.0 mm (maximum 4.1 mm, SD 0.9 mm) and in 54.1% of the cases, reduction of the planned dose was greater than 5%. Target point deviations less than 1.5 mm have only minor influence on surface dose and conformity. Results indicated that in 10.8% of the cases the realized dose distribution showed a 'slight deviation', according to the guideline criteria for external radiosurgery of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. In 89.2% of the patients the applied dose conformed to the target volume. CONCLUSIONS Stereotactically guided interstitial irradiation with I-125 seeds can be used to treat brain tumours and metastases with high conformity comparable to radiosurgery. The observed deviations of the stereotactically implanted I-125 seed catheters from their planned target points were smaller when compared to frameless procedures. In order to maintain the required spatial accuracy of 1.5 mm in interstitial therapy using I-125 seeds, it appears necessary to optimise stereotactic instruments further.
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- Harald Treuer
- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Combs SE, Volk S, Schulz-Ertner D, Huber PE, Thilmann C, Debus J. Management of acoustic neuromas with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT): Long-term results in 106 patients treated in a single institution. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005; 63:75-81. [PMID: 16111574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Revised: 01/17/2005] [Accepted: 01/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the long-term outcome and toxicity of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for acoustic neuromas in 106 patients treated in a single institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between October 1989 and January 2004, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) was performed in 106 patients with acoustic neuroma (AN). The median total dose applied was 57.6 Gy in median single fractions of 1.8 Gy in five fractions per week. The median irradiated tumor volume was 3.9 mL (range, 2.7-30.7 mL). The median follow-up time was 48.5 months (range, 3-172 months). RESULTS Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy was well tolerated in all patients. Actuarial local tumor control rates at 3- and 5- years after FSRT were 94.3% and 93%, respectively. Actuarial useful hearing preservation was 94% at 5 years. The presence of neurofibromatosis (NF-2) significantly adversely influenced hearing preservation in patients that presented with useful hearing at the initiation of RT (p = 0.00062). Actuarial hearing preservation without the diagnosis of NF-2 was 98%. In cases with NF-2, the hearing preservation rate was 64%. Cranial nerve toxicity other than hearing impairment was rare. The rate of radiation induced toxicity to the trigeminal and facial nerve was 3.4% and 2.3%, respectively. CONCLUSION Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is safe and efficacious for the treatment of AN, with mild toxicity with regard to hearing loss and cranial nerve function. FSRT might be considered as an equieffective treatment modality compared to neurosurgery and therefore represents an interesting alternative therapy for patients with AN.
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- Stephanie E Combs
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Jan ML, Chuang KS, Chen GW, Ni YC, Chen S, Chang CH, Wu J, Lee TW, Fu YK. A three-dimensional registration method for automated fusion of micro PET-CT-SPECT whole-body images. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2005; 24:886-93. [PMID: 16011318 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2005.848617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Micro positron emission tomography (PET) and micro single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), used for imaging small animals, have become essential tools in developing new pharmaceuticals and can be used, among other things, to test new therapeutic approaches in animal models of human disease, as well as to image gene expression. These imaging techniques can be used noninvasively in both detection and quantification. However, functional images provide little information on the structure of tissues and organs, which makes the localization of lesions difficult. Image fusion techniques can be exploited to map the functional images to structural images, such as X-ray computed tomography (CT), to support target identification and to facilitate the interpretation of PET or SPECT studies. Furthermore, the mapping of two functional images of SPECT and PET on a structural CT image can be beneficial for those in vivo studies that require two biological processes to be monitored simultaneously. This paper proposes an automated method for registering PET, CT, and SPECT images for small animals. A calibration phantom and a holder were used to determine the relationship among three-dimensional fields of view of various modalities. The holder was arranged in fixed positions on the couches of the scanners, and the spatial transformation matrix between the modalities was held unchanged. As long as objects were scanned together with the holder, the predetermined matrix could register the acquired tomograms from different modalities, independently of the imaged objects. In this work, the PET scan was performed by Concorde's microPET R4 scanner, and the SPECT and CT data were obtained using the Gamma Medica's X-SPECT/CT system. Fusion studies on phantoms and animals have been successfully performed using this method. For microPET-CT fusion, the maximum registration errors were 0.21 mm +/- 0.14 mm, 0.26 mm +/- 0.14 mm, and 0.45 mm +/- 0.34 mm in the X (right-left), Y (upper lower), and Z (rostral-caudal) directions, respectively; for the microPET-SPECT fusion, they were 0.24 mm +/- 0.14 mm, 0.28 mm +/- 0.15 mm, and 0.54 mm +/- 0.35 mm in the X, Y, and Z directions, respectively. The results indicate that this simple method can be used in routine fusion studies.
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- Meei-Ling Jan
- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Longtan, Taiwan 32546, ROC.
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Sarkar A, Santiago RJ, Smith R, Kassaee A. Comparison of manual vs. automated multimodality (CT-MRI) image registration for brain tumors. Med Dosim 2005; 30:20-4. [PMID: 15749007 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Computed tomgoraphy-magnetic resonance imaging (CT-MRI) registrations are routinely used for target-volume delineation of brain tumors. We clinically use 2 software packages based on manual operation and 1 automated package with 2 different algorithms: chamfer matching using bony structures, and mutual information using intensity patterns. In all registration algorithms, a minimum of 3 pairs of identical anatomical and preferably noncoplanar landmarks is used on each of the 2 image sets. In manual registration, the program registers these points and links the image sets using a 3-dimensional (3D) transformation. In automated registration, the 3 landmarks are used as an initial starting point and further processing is done to complete the registration. Using our registration packages, registration of CT and MRI was performed on 10 patients. We scored the results of each registration set based on the amount of time spent, the accuracy reported by the software, and a final evaluation. We evaluated each software program by measuring the residual error between "matched" points on the right and left globes and the posterior fossa for fused image slices. In general, manual registration showed higher misalignment between corresponding points compared to automated registration using intensity matching. This error had no directional dependence and was, most of the time, larger for a larger structure in both registration techniques. Automated algorithm based on intensity matching also gave the best results in terms of registration accuracy, irrespective of whether or not the initial landmarks were chosen carefully, when compared to that done using bone matching algorithm. Intensity-matching algorithm required the least amount of user-time and provided better accuracy.
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- Abhirup Sarkar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Novotny J, Vymazal J, Novotny J, Tlachacova D, Schmitt M, Chuda P, Urgosik D, Liscak R. Does new magnetic resonance imaging technology provide better geometrical accuracy during stereotactic imaging? J Neurosurg 2005; 102 Suppl:8-13. [PMID: 15662772 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Object.The authors sought to compare the accuracy of stereotactic target imaging using the Siemens 1T EXPERT and 1.5T SYMPHONY magnetic resonance (MR) units.Methods.A water-filled cylindrical Perspex phantom with axial and coronal inserts containing grids of glass rods was fixed in the Leksell stereotactic frame and subjected to MR imaging in Siemens 1T EXPERT and Siemens 1.5T SYMPHONY units. Identical sequences were used for each unit. The images were transferred to the GammaPlan treatment planning system. Deviations between stereotactic coordinates based on MR images and estimated real geometrical positions given by the construction of the phantom insert were evaluated for each study. The deviations were further investigated as a function of the MR unit used, MR sequence, the image orientation, and the spatial position of measured points in the investigated volume.Conclusions.Larger distortions were observed when using the SYMPHONY 1.5T unit than those with the EXPERT 1T unit. Typical average distortion in EXPERT 1T was not more than 0.6 mm and 0.9 mm for axial and coronal images, respectively. Typical mean distortion for SYMPHONY 1.5T was not more than 1 mm and 1.3 mm for axial and coronal images, respectively. The image sequence affected the distortions in both units. Coronal T2-weighted spin-echo images performed in subthalamic imaging produced the largest distortions of 2.6 mm and 3 mm in the EXPERT 1T and SYMPHONY 1.5T, respectively. Larger distortions were observed in coronal slices than in axial slices in both units, and this effect was more pronounced in SYMPHONY 1.5T. Noncentrally located slice positions in the investigated volume of the phantom were associated with larger distortions.
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Novotny J, Vymazal J, Novotny J, Tlachacova D, Schmitt M, Chuda P, Urgosik D, Liscak R. Does new magnetic resonance imaging technology provide better geometrical accuracy during stereotactic imaging? J Neurosurg 2005. [DOI: 10.3171/sup.2005.102.s_supplement.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Object. The authors sought to compare the accuracy of stereotactic target imaging using the Siemens 1T EXPERT and 1.5T SYMPHONY magnetic resonance (MR) units.
Methods. A water-filled cylindrical Perspex phantom with axial and coronal inserts containing grids of glass rods was fixed in the Leksell stereotactic frame and subjected to MR imaging in Siemens 1T EXPERT and Siemens 1.5T SYMPHONY units. Identical sequences were used for each unit. The images were transferred to the GammaPlan treatment planning system. Deviations between stereotactic coordinates based on MR images and estimated real geometrical positions given by the construction of the phantom insert were evaluated for each study. The deviations were further investigated as a function of the MR unit used, MR sequence, the image orientation, and the spatial position of measured points in the investigated volume.
Conclusions. Larger distortions were observed when using the SYMPHONY 1.5T unit than those with the EXPERT 1T unit. Typical average distortion in EXPERT 1T was not more than 0.6 mm and 0.9 mm for axial and coronal images, respectively. Typical mean distortion for SYMPHONY 1.5T was not more than 1 mm and 1.3 mm for axial and coronal images, respectively. The image sequence affected the distortions in both units. Coronal T2-weighted spin-echo images performed in subthalamic imaging produced the largest distortions of 2.6 mm and 3 mm in the EXPERT 1T and SYMPHONY 1.5T, respectively. Larger distortions were observed in coronal slices than in axial slices in both units, and this effect was more pronounced in SYMPHONY 1.5T. Noncentrally located slice positions in the investigated volume of the phantom were associated with larger distortions.
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- Jane P Ko
- Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Collins DL, Holmes CJ, Peters TM, Evans AC. Automatic 3-D model-based neuroanatomical segmentation. Hum Brain Mapp 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/hbm.460030304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 727] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hunsche S, Sauner D, Maarouf M, Hoevels M, Luyken K, Schulte O, Lackner K, Sturm V, Treuer H. MR-guided stereotactic neurosurgery—comparison of fiducial-based and anatomical landmark transformation approaches. Phys Med Biol 2004; 49:2705-16. [PMID: 15272683 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/12/016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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For application in magnetic resonance (MR) guided stereotactic neurosurgery, two methods for transformation of MR-image coordinates in stereotactic, frame-based coordinates exist: the direct stereotactic fiducial-based transformation method and the indirect anatomical landmark method. In contrast to direct stereotactic MR transformation, indirect transformation is based on anatomical landmark coregistration of stereotactic computerized tomography and non-stereotactic MR images. In a patient study, both transformation methods have been investigated with visual inspection and mutual information analysis. Comparison was done for our standard imaging protocol, including t2-weighted spin-echo as well as contrast enhanced t1-weighted gradient-echo imaging. For t2-weighted spin-echo imaging, both methods showed almost similar and satisfying performance with a small, but significant advantage for fiducial-based transformation. In contrast, for t1-weighted gradient-echo imaging with more geometric distortions due to field inhomogenities and gradient nonlinearity than t2-weighted spin-echo imaging, mainly caused by a reduced bandwidth per pixel, anatomical landmark transformation delivered markedly better results. Here, fiducial-based transformation yielded results which are intolerable for stereotactic neurosurgery. Mean Euclidian distances between both transformation methods were 0.96 mm for t2-weighted spin-echo and 1.67 mm for t1-weighted gradient-echo imaging. Maximum deviations were 1.72 mm and 3.06 mm, respectively.
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- S Hunsche
- Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Jaradat HA, Tome WA, McNutt TR, Meyerand ME. On the incorporation of multi-modality image registration into the radiotherapy treatment planning process. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2003; 2:1-12. [PMID: 12625748 DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A technique is presented that allows the direct use of physiological image sets in the radiation therapy treatment planning process. When fused to the treatment planning CT, physiological image studies may allow one to define physiological tumor subvolumes consisting of areas of possible chronic hypoxia, areas of high perfusion, areas of high diffusion, and areas containing high choline concentrations. These physiological tumor subvolumes could be selectively boosted to increase local control of malignant brain tumors once one has determined which of these physiological tumor subvolumes predicts for local tumor recurrence after conventional radiotherapy. In this technique a user assisted automatic registration technique is used that is based on an analytical estimate for the transformation matrix needed to register two rigid bodies. The only user input needed is three non-collinear points selected based on landmarks in the primary image and the corresponding three points in the secondary image. Since this registration technique uses two sets of at least three user-defined landmark points each of which has some selection error associated with it, the final registration will have an error that depends only on the selection error associated with the point sets. Since physiological image studies are acquired at the same setting as the T1- w MRI their spatial orientation with respect to the T1- w MRI is known. Therefore, the registration of multiple physiological image studies to the treatment planning CT can be accomplished by first correlating them to the T1- w MRI, and in a second step the T1- w MRI is then registered to the treatment planning CT. The desired registration of the physiological image studies to the treatment planning CT is then accomplished by simply composing the appropriate transformation matrices.
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- Hazim A Jaradat
- University of Wisconsin, Department of Human Oncology, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Karger CP, Hipp P, Henze M, Echner G, Höss A, Schad L, Hartmann GH. Stereotactic imaging for radiotherapy: accuracy of CT, MRI, PET and SPECT. Phys Med Biol 2003; 48:211-21. [PMID: 12587905 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/2/305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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CT, MRI, PET and SPECT provide complementary information for treatment planning in stereotactic radiotherapy. Stereotactic correlation of these images requires commissioning tests to confirm the localization accuracy of each modality. A phantom was developed to measure the accuracy of stereotactic localization for CT, MRI, PET and SPECT in the head and neck region. To this end. the stereotactically measured coordinates of structures within the phantom were compared with their mechanically defined coordinates. For MRI, PET and SPECT, measurements were performed using two different devices. For MRI, T1- and T2-weighted imaging sequences were applied. For each measurement, the mean radial deviation in space between the stereotactically measured and mechanically defined position of target points was determined. For CT, the mean radial deviation was 0.4 +/- 0.2 mm. For MRI, the mean deviations ranged between 0.7 +/- 0.2 mm and 1.4 +/- 0.5 mm, depending on the MRI device and the imaging sequence. For PET, mean deviations of 1.1 +/- 0.5 mm and 2.4 +/- 0.3 mm were obtained. The mean deviations for SPECT were 1.6 +/- 0.5 mm and 2.0 +/- 0.6 mm. The phantom is well suited to determine the accuracy of stereotactic localization with CT, MRI, PET and SPECT in the head and neck region. The obtained accuracy is well below the physical resolution for CT, PET and SPECT, and of comparable magnitude for MRI. Since the localization accuracy may be device dependent, results obtained at one device cannot be generalized to others.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Image Enhancement/instrumentation
- Image Enhancement/methods
- Image Enhancement/standards
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
- Phantoms, Imaging
- Quality Control
- Radiosurgery/instrumentation
- Radiosurgery/methods
- Radiosurgery/standards
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/standards
- Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation
- Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted/methods
- Reference Standards
- Reproducibility of Results
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Subtraction Technique
- Tomography, Emission-Computed/methods
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
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- Christian P Karger
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Abteilung Medizinische Physik. Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Hasegawa BH, Wong KH, Iwata K, Barber WC, Hwang AB, Sakdinawat AE, Ramaswamy M, Price DC, Hawkins RA. Dual-modality imaging of cancer with SPECT/CT. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2002; 1:449-58. [PMID: 12625772 DOI: 10.1177/153303460200100605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Dual-modality imaging is an in vivo diagnostic technique that obtains structural and functional information directly from patient studies in a way that cannot be achieved with separate imaging systems alone. Dual-modality imaging systems are configured by combining computed tomography (CT) with radionuclide imaging (using positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)) on a single gantry which allows both functional and structural imaging to be performed during a single imaging session without having the patient leave the imaging system. A SPECT/CT system developed at UCSF is being used in a study to determine if dual-modality imaging offers advantages for assessment of patients with prostate cancer using (111)In-ProstaScint, a radiolabeled antibody for the prostate-specific membrane antigen. (111)In-ProstaScint images are reconstructed using an iterative maximum-likelihood expectation-maximization (ML-EM) algorithm with correction for photon attenuation using a patient-specific map of attenuation coefficients derived from CT. The ML-EM algorithm accounts for the dual-photon nature of the 111In-labeled radionuclide, and incorporates correction for the geometric response of the radionuclide collimator. The radionuclide image then can be coregistered and overlaid in color on a grayscale CT image for improved localization of the functional information from SPECT. Radionuclide images obtained with SPECT/CT and reconstructed using ML-EM with correction for photon attenuation and collimator response improve image quality in comparison to conventional radionuclide images obtained with filtered backprojection reconstruction. These results illustrate the potential advantages of dual-modality imaging for improving the quality and the localization of radionuclide uptake for staging disease, planning treatment, and monitoring therapeutic response in patients with cancer.
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- Bruce H Hasegawa
- UCSF Physics Research Laboratory, 389 Oyster Point Blvd, Suite 1, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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Voges J, Volkmann J, Allert N, Lehrke R, Koulousakis A, Freund HJ, Sturm V. Bilateral high-frequency stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of Parkinson disease: correlation of therapeutic effect with anatomical electrode position. J Neurosurg 2002; 96:269-79. [PMID: 11838801 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.96.2.0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECT The goal of this study was to relate the degree of clinical improvement and that of energy consumption to the anatomical position of electrode poles used for long-term stimulation. METHODS The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of 15 consecutive patients in whom targeting of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) had been performed using ventriculography, three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and 3D computerized tomography, together with macrostimulation and teleradiographic control of the electrode position. In these patients the follow-up period ranged from 6 to 12 months. Postoperative improvement in contralateral motor symptoms, which was assessed by assigning a lateralized motor subscore of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), and stimulus intensity required for optimal treatment results were correlated with the intracerebral position of the active electrode pole. Bilateral high-frequency stimulation of the STN improved the UPDRS motor score during the medication-off period by an average of 60.5% compared with that at baseline. Repeated transfer of stereotactic coordinates from postoperative teleradiography to treatment-planning MR images documented the proper localization of the most distal electrode pole (pole 0) in the targeted STN. Nevertheless, in most cases the best clinical improvement was achieved using electrode poles that were located several millimeters above the electrode tip. If the relative improvement in motor symptoms was correlated with the required electrical energy for chronic stimulation, the best coefficient was observed for active electrode poles projecting onto white matter dorsal to the STN. CONCLUSIONS This observation makes blocking or activation of large fiber connections arising in the STN or running nearby more likely than electrical interference with cell bodies inside the STN. Anatomical correlates may be the pallidothalamic bundle (including Field H of Forel and the thalamic fascicle), the pallidosubthalamic tract, and/or the zona incerta.
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- Jürgen Voges
- Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Germany.
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Schad LR. Improved target volume characterization in stereotactic treatment planning of brain lesions by using high-resolution BOLD MR-venography. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2001; 14:478-483. [PMID: 11746940 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this methodological paper I report the stereotactic correlation of different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques [MR angiography (MRA), MRI, blood bolus tagging (STAR), functional MRI, and high-resolution BOLD venography (HRBV)] in patients with cerebral arterio-venous malformations (AVM) and brain tumors. The patient's head was fixed in a stereotactic localization system which is usable in both MR-systems and linear accelerator installations. Using phantom measurements global geometric MR image distortions can be 'corrected' (reducing displacements to the size of a pixel) by calculations based on modeling the distortion as a fourth-order two-dimensional polynomial. Further object-induced local distortions can be corrected by additionally measured field maps. Using this method multimodality matching could be performed automatically as long as all images are acquired in the same examination and the patient is sufficiently immobilized to allow precise definition of the target volume. Information about the hemodynamics of the AVM was provided by a dynamic MRA with the STAR technique, leading to an improved definition of the size of the nidus, the origin of the feeding arteries, whereas HRBV imaging yielded detailed and improved information about the venous pattern and drainage. In addition, functional MRI was performed in patients with lesions close to the primary motor cortex area, leading to an improved definition of structures at risk for the high-dose application in radiosurgery. In patients with brain tumors the potential of HRBV to probe tumor angiogenesis and its use in intensity-modulated treatment planning is still hampered by the open question of how to translate a BOLD signal pattern measured in the tumor to a dose distribution, which should be addressed in future studies.
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- L R Schad
- Department of Biophysics and Medical Radiation Physics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Noz ME, Maguire GQ, Zeleznik MP, Kramer EL, Mahmoud F, Crafoord J. A versatile functional-anatomic image fusion method for volume data sets. J Med Syst 2001; 25:297-307. [PMID: 11508903 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010633123512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We describe and validate a volumetric three-dimensional registration method, and compare it to our previously validated two-dimensional/three-dimensional method. CT/MRI and SPECT data from 14 patients were interactively fused using a polynomial warping technique. Registration accuracy was confirmed visually and by a nonsignificant F value from multivariate analysis of the transformed landmarks, a significant difference of the squared sum of intensity differences between the transformed/untransformed and the reference volume both at the 0.05 (p > 0.05) confidence level and an average 31% improvement of the correlation coefficient and cross correlation. For the two-dimensional/three-dimensional method, ROI center-to-center distance ranged from 1.42 to 11.32 mm (for liver) with an average of 6.13 mm +/- 3.09 mm. The average ROI overlap was 92.51% with a 95% confidence interval of 90.20-96.88%. The new method is superior because it operates on the true three-dimensional volume. Both methods give good registration results, take 10 to 30 min, and require anatomic knowledge.
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- M E Noz
- Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA
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Caviness VS, Filipek PA, Kennedy DN. Magnetic resonance technology in human brain science: blueprint for a program based upon morphometry. Brain Dev 2001; 11:1-13. [PMID: 2646959 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(89)80002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Magnetic resonance images provide a comprehensiveness of analysis of the human brain and levels of resolution never achieved by other modes of pathoanatomic analysis. We review a strategy and technology of MRI-based image analysis which extracts independent measures of brain volumes, shape and position. These parameters are readily correlated with behavioral as well as physiological measures derived from PET and the emerging technology of MRI-based in vivo spectroscopy. A coordinate program which draws upon these methods will have wide applications in human brain science and the study of dynamic properties of human brain disease.
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- V S Caviness
- Pediatric Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114
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Radiological images are increasingly being used in healthcare and medical research. There is, consequently, widespread interest in accurately relating information in the different images for diagnosis, treatment and basic science. This article reviews registration techniques used to solve this problem, and describes the wide variety of applications to which these techniques are applied. Applications of image registration include combining images of the same subject from different modalities, aligning temporal sequences of images to compensate for motion of the subject between scans, image guidance during interventions and aligning images from multiple subjects in cohort studies. Current registration algorithms can, in many cases, automatically register images that are related by a rigid body transformation (i.e. where tissue deformation can be ignored). There has also been substantial progress in non-rigid registration algorithms that can compensate for tissue deformation, or align images from different subjects. Nevertheless many registration problems remain unsolved, and this is likely to continue to be an active field of research in the future.
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- D L Hill
- Radiological Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, UK.
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Brückner T, Lucht R, Brix G. Comparison of rigid and elastic matching of dynamic magnetic resonance mammographic images by mutual information. Med Phys 2000; 27:2456-61. [PMID: 11099216 DOI: 10.1118/1.1288241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The present study aims at (i) the evaluation of the performance of a rigid and of an elastic matching algorithm for the coregistration of dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) images visualizing the female breast, and (ii) the evaluation of the mutual information (MI) as a matching criterion. To this end, ten patient data sets were analyzed. The comparison was performed with respect to the achieved increase in the MI and by visual inspection of the dynamic image series in a continuous film sequence ((cine mode). In most cases, the achieved increase in MI by elastic image registration is much higher than that achieved by rigid registration. Only for three of the ten data sets could the MI be increased by rigid image registration to a similar or even larger degree than by elastic image registration. Taking into account the results of the visual inspection of the rigid and elastic matched data sets, however, the elastic match leads to equal or better results for all data sets. Therefore, elastic matching is the gold standard for the registration of dynamic MR mammographic images of the female breast. The comparison of the increase in MI and the visual inspection further shows that the visual impression agrees in most cases with the result of the calculation of the MI. Therefore, the MI proves to be a suitable matching criterion for the type of data sets studied.
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- T Brückner
- Research Program Radiological Diagnostics and Therapy, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
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Carlson JD, Iacono RP. Electrophysiological versus image-based targeting in the posteroventral pallidotomy. COMPUTER AIDED SURGERY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR COMPUTER AIDED SURGERY 1999; 4:93-100. [PMID: 10494139 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0150(1999)4:2<93::aid-igs4>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the functional accuracy of stereotactic targeting for the posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP), comparing targets chosen on magnetic resonance images (MRI), and fused MRI to computed tomographic (CT) images, with electrophysiologically refined anatomical targets. METHDOS AND MATERIALS: For each of the 10 pallidotomies three sets of targets were collected, beginning with the MRI targets. The second target set was measured on images generated by nonlinear volumetric fusion of MRI images with CT using Image Fusion (Radionics, Inc.). The anatomical target site was then determined electrophysiologically with intraoperative microelectrode recording and macroelectrode stimulation guidance. RESULTS Magnetic resonance imaging or MRI-CT fused images alone would not have been sufficiently accurate to preclude visual or motor complications in the posteroventral pallidotomy, based on our target located within 1 mm of the optic tract and within 2 mm of the internal capsule. In 2 of the 10 cases of either MRI or fused images, the targets were dangerously close to the optic tract. Two of 10 of the fused targets were within the internal capsule. The fusion of MRI with CT did not functionally improve the targeting accuracy of MRI, since the means of the MRI targets and the fused targets were statistically the same. Individually, however, the MRI target was different from the fused target in each case by an average radial distance of 3.5 +/- 2.3 mm, but such corrections were not statistically or surgically significant. CONCLUSIONS Image-based targeting including MRI or fused MRI-CT data may not be sufficiently accurate to prevent capsular or visual deficits in the posteroventral pallidotomy, necessitating electrophysiological refinement. In this report, the functional accuracy of MRI was not improved by fusion with CT.
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- J D Carlson
- School of Medicine and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, California, USA.
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Matsopoulos GK, Mouravliansky NA, Delibasis KK, Nikita KS. Automatic retinal image registration scheme using global optimization techniques. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY 1999; 3:47-60. [PMID: 10719503 DOI: 10.1109/4233.748975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Retinal image registration is commonly required in order to combine the complementary information in different retinal modalities. In this paper, a new automatic scheme to register retinal images is presented and is currently tested in a clinical environment. The scheme considers the suitability and efficiency of different image transformation models and function optimization techniques, following an initial preprocessing stage. Three different transformation models--affine, bilinear and projective--as well as three optimization techniques--downhill simplex method, simulated annealing and genetic algorithms--are investigated and compared in terms of accuracy and efficiency. The registration of 26 pairs of Fluoroscein Angiography and Indocyanine Green Chorioangiography images with the corresponding Red-Free retinal images, showed the superiority of combining genetic algorithms with the affine and bilinear transformation models. A comparative study of the proposed automatic registration scheme against the manual method, commonly used in the clinical practice, is finally presented showing the advantage of the proposed automatic scheme in terms of accuracy and consistency.
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- G K Matsopoulos
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografos, Greece.
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Cai J, Chu JC, Recine D, Sharma M, Nguyen C, Rodebaugh R, Saxena VA, Ali A. CT and PET lung image registration and fusion in radiotherapy treatment planning using the chamfer-matching method. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1999; 43:883-91. [PMID: 10098445 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(98)00399-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE We present a validation study of CT and PET lung image registration and fusion based on the chamfer-matching method. METHODS AND MATERIALS The contours of the lung surfaces from CT and PET transmission images were automatically segmented by the thresholding technique. The chamfer-matching technique was then used to register the extracted lung surfaces. Arithmetic means of distance between the two data sets of the pleural surfaces were used as the cost function. Matching was then achieved by iteratively minimizing the cost function through three-dimensional (3D) translation and rotation with an optimization method. RESULTS Both anatomic thoracic phantom images and clinical patient images were used to evaluate the performance of our registration system. Quantitative analysis from five patients indicates that the registration error in translation was 2-3 mm in the transverse plane, 3-4 mm in the longitudinal direction, and about 1.5 degree in rotation. Typical computing time for chamfer matching is about 1 min. The total time required to register a set of CT and PET lung images, including contour extraction, was generally less than 30 min. CONCLUSION We have implemented and validated the chamfer-matching method for CT and PET lung image registration and fusion. Our preliminary results show that the chamfer-matching method for CT and PET images in the lung area is feasible. The described registration system has been used to facilitate target definition and treatment planning in radiotherapy.
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- J Cai
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Debus J, Pirzkall A, Schlegel W, Wannenmacher M. [Stereotactic one-time irradiation (radiosurgery). The methods, indications and results]. Strahlenther Onkol 1999; 175:47-56. [PMID: 10065138 DOI: 10.1007/bf02753842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stereotaxy is a method to determine a point in the patient's body by an external coordinate system which is attached to the patient. Radiosurgery uses this method for precise delivery of a high single radiation dose to the patient. The aim is to destroy the tissue in the target and to spare surrounding unaffected normal tissue by a steep dose gradient. METHODS Three techniques of percutaneous radiosurgery are available: radiosurgery with ion beams with a cyclotron, spherical arrangement of cobalt-60 sources, the so-called gamma knife, and an adapted linear accelerator. The availability and the good clinical experience lead to a wide spread use of linear accelerator for radiosurgery in recent years. A subsequent development is fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy which combines the precision of radiosurgery with the radiobiological advantage of fractionation. RESULTS Only a few indications for radiosurgery are proven by statistically valid studies. One of these is the treatment of small arteriovenous malformation, where obliteration rates of 80% to 100% are reported with only minor toxicity. However, the obliteration rate is reduced significantly in large arteriovenous malformations. A local control rate of 90% is obtained after radiosurgery of brain metastases which is comparable to the results of microsurgical resection followed by adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy. An ongoing EORTC study evaluates the role of adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy after radiosurgery. The survival of the patients with brain metastases is limited by the existence of progressive extracerebral disease. The role of radiosurgery in the treatment of benign tumors is currently evaluated in clinical studies which include: vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas, chordomas and chondrosarcomas and pituitary adenomas. Most of the published studies include only small tumors because radiosurgery is limited by the risk of radionecrosis of adjacent normal tissue, which shows a steep dose volume response relationship. Recent developments of stereotactic radiotherapy include the use of mini-multileaf-collimators and clinical studies on stereotactic radiotherapy of extracranial targets. CONCLUSIONS Stereotactic irradiation is a well established treatment technique for intracranial tumors and arteriovenous malformations. Methods are available that allow optimization of dose distributions to irregularly shaped tumors for single dose as well as fractionated stereotactic irradiations by linear accelerator. Therefore the therapeutic potential of this technique has increased and enables also the extracerebral application in controlled clinical studies.
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- J Debus
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg (DKFZ), Abteilung für Medizinphysik, Rupprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg
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Fraass BA, Kessler ML, McShan DL, Marsh LH, Watson BA, Dusseau WJ, Eisbruch A, Sandler HM, Lichter AS. Optimization and clinical use of multisegment intensity-modulated radiation therapy for high-dose conformal therapy. Semin Radiat Oncol 1999; 9:60-77. [PMID: 10196399 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-4296(99)80055-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) may be performed with many different treatment delivery techniques. This article summarizes the clinical use and optimization of multisegment IMRT plans that have been used to treat more than 350 patients with IMRT over the last 4.5 years. More than 475 separate clinical IMRT plans are reviewed, including treatments of brain, head and neck, thorax, breast and chest wall, abdomen, pelvis, prostate, and other sites. Clinical planning, plan optimization, and treatment delivery are summarized, including efforts to minimize the number of additional intensity-modulated segments needed for particular planning protocols. Interactive and automated optimization of segmental and full IMRT approaches are illustrated, and automation of the segmental IMRT planning process is discussed.
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- B A Fraass
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, USA
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The Joint Center for Radiation Therapy (JCRT) has treated intra-cranial lesions with high-dose single fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) since 1986 and with multi-fraction stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) since 1992. This paper describes the JCRT techniques for treatment planning and delivery for SRS, and to a limited extent for SRT. LINAC quality assurance, treatment delivery, and patient management for stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy technique are closely related at the JCRT, although differences exist. An historical retrospective of our experience with stereotactic techniques including imaging modalities, treatment planning techniques, optimization methods, and treatment delivery is presented. Three treatment planning approaches, single isocenter, multiple isocenter, and micro-jaw field shaping are used to demonstrate the capabilities and technical dosimetric features of each approach. The major planning differences and clinical of each technique are described. From our experience, lesions less than 3.0 cm in maximum extent are well treated with circular fields using either a single or multiple isocenter configuration. Lesions greater than 3.0 cm in maximum extent usually benefit from field shaping using the micro-jaws. For these large lesions, the shaped field approach typically improves the dose homogeneity as well as reduces the amount of healthy brain irradiated. Our physicians choose between the three techniques to meet the desired clinical outcome the patient's situation requires.
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- M R Bellerive
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Radiation treatment planning (RTP), historically an image-intensive discipline and one of the first areas in which three-dimensional (3D) information from imaging was clinically applied, has become ever more critically dependent on accurate 3D identification of target and non-target organs with the advent of conformal radiation therapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, and radiosurgery. In addition to the interactive display of wire-frame or shaded surface models of anatomical objects, proposed radiation beams, and calculated dose distributions, use may also be made of direct visualization of relevant anatomy from image data. Although anatomical analysis of dose distributions is an essential component of radiation treatment design which requires geometric definition (i.e., segmentation) of all volumes of interest, geometric targeting with optimization based on 3D anatomical information is frequently performed as a separate step independent of dose calculations. For this early step in the planning process, and certainly for diagnostic purposes, visualization without explicit segmentation may be a useful additional capability. Additionally, we suggest that direct visualization of high contrast targets such as arteriovenous malformations (AVM) from computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) angiography may serve as a tool for target volume delineation. Frequently, information from multiple modalities or multiple scans of the same modality is important in planning a given case. In such instances, image registration may prove useful to allow synthesis of information from multiple sources into a single consistent coordinate frame. Numerous image registration methods are available, each with characteristic strengths and weaknesses.
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- C A Pelizzari
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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van Herk M, de Munck JC, Lebesque JV, Muller S, Rasch C, Touw A. Automatic registration of pelvic computed tomography data and magnetic resonance scans including a full circle method for quantitative accuracy evaluation. Med Phys 1998; 25:2054-67. [PMID: 9800715 DOI: 10.1118/1.598393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study is to develop a method for registration of CT and MR scans of the pelvis with minimal user interaction and to obtain a means for objective quantification of the registration accuracy of clinical data without markers. CT scans were registered with proton density MR scans using chamfer matching on automatically segmented bone. A fixed threshold was used to segment CT, while morphological filters were used to segment MR. The method was tested with transverse and coronal MR scans of 18 patients and sagittal MR scans of 8 patients. The registration accuracy was estimated by comparing (triangulating) registrations of a single CT scan with MR in different orientations in a "full circle." For example, CT is first matched on transverse MR, next transverse MR is matched independently on coronal MR, and finally coronal MR is matched independently on CT. The product of the three transformations is the identity if all matching steps are perfect. Deviations from identity occur both due to random errors and due to some types of systematic errors. MR was registered on MR (to close the "circle") by minimization of rms voxel value differences. CT-MR registration takes about 1 min, including user interaction. The random error for CT-MR registration with transverse or coronal MR was 0.5 mm in translation and 0.4 degree in rotation (standard deviation) for each axis. A systematic registration error of about 1 mm was demonstrated along the MR frequency encoding direction, which is attributed to the chemical shift. In conclusion, the presented algorithm efficiently and accurately registers pelvic CT and MR scans on bone. The "full circle" method provides an estimate of the registration accuracy on clinical data.
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- M van Herk
- Radiotherapy Department, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Vijayakumar S, Myrianthopoulos L, Hamilton R, Chen G. Conformal radiation therapy--a physician's perspective. Cancer Treat Res 1998; 93:269-81. [PMID: 9513785 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5769-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- S Vijayakumar
- Michael Reese/University of Chicago Center for Radiation Therapy, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
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