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Bateman JJ, Buchanan E, Corsini R, Farabolini W, Korysko P, Garbrecht Larsen R, Malyzhenkov A, Ortega Ruiz I, Rieker V, Gerbershagen A, Dosanjh M. Development of a novel fibre optic beam profile and dose monitor for very high energy electron radiotherapy at ultrahigh dose rates. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:085006. [PMID: 38478998 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad33a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Objective. Very high energy electrons (VHEE) in the range of 50-250 MeV are of interest for treating deep-seated tumours with FLASH radiotherapy (RT). This approach offers favourable dose distributions and the ability to deliver ultra-high dose rates (UHDR) efficiently. To make VHEE-based FLASH treatment clinically viable, a novel beam monitoring technology is explored as an alternative to transmission ionisation monitor chambers, which have non-linear responses at UHDR. This study introduces the fibre optic flash monitor (FOFM), which consists of an array of silica optical fibre-based Cherenkov sensors with a photodetector for signal readout.Approach. Experiments were conducted at the CLEAR facility at CERN using 200 MeV and 160 MeV electrons to assess the FOFM's response linearity to UHDR (characterised with radiochromic films) required for FLASH radiotherapy. Beam profile measurements made on the FOFM were compared to those using radiochromic film and scintillating yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) screens.Main results. A range of photodetectors were evaluated, with a complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) camera being the most suitable choice for this monitor. The FOFM demonstrated excellent response linearity from 0.9 Gy/pulse to 57.4 Gy/pulse (R2= 0.999). Furthermore, it did not exhibit any significant dependence on the energy between 160 MeV and 200 MeV nor the instantaneous dose rate. Gaussian fits applied to vertical beam profile measurements indicated that the FOFM could accurately provide pulse-by-pulse beam size measurements, agreeing within the error range of radiochromic film and YAG screen measurements, respectively.Significance. The FOFM proves to be a promising solution for real-time beam profile and dose monitoring for UHDR VHEE beams, with a linear response in the UHDR regime. Additionally it can perform pulse-by-pulse beam size measurements, a feature currently lacking in transmission ionisation monitor chambers, which may become crucial for implementing FLASH radiotherapy and its associated quality assurance requirements.
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- Joseph J Bateman
- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Particle Therapy Research Centre (PARTREC), Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, NO-0316 Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- Particle Therapy Research Centre (PARTREC), Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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Vasyltsiv R, Rahman M, Harms J, Clark M, Gladstone DJ, Pogue BW, Zhang R, Bruza P. Imaging and characterization of optical emission from ex vivotissue during conventional and UHDR PBS proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:075011. [PMID: 38422545 PMCID: PMC10945384 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad2ee6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Objective. Imaging of optical photons emitted from tissue during radiotherapy is a promising technique for real-time visualization of treatment delivery, offering applications in dose verification, treatment monitoring, and retrospective treatment plan comparison. This research aims to explore the feasibility of intensified imaging of tissue luminescence during proton therapy (PT), under both conventional and ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) conditions.Approach. Conventional and UHDR pencil beam scanning (PBS) PT irradiation of freshex vivoporcine tissue and tissue-mimicking plastic phantom was imaged using intensified complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor(CMOS) cameras. The optical emission from tissue was characterized during conventional irradiation using both blue and red-sensitive intensifiers to ensure adequate spectral coverage. Spectral characterization was performed using bandpass filters between the lens and sensor. Imaging of conventional proton fields (240 MeV, 10 nA) was performed at 100 Hz frame rate, while UHDR PBS proton delivery (250 MeV, 99 nA) was recorded at 1 kHz frame rate. Dependence of optical emission yield on proton energy was studied using an optical tissue-mimicking plastic phantom and a range shifter. Finally, we demonstrated fast beam tracking capability of fast camera towardsin vivomonitoring of FLASH PT.Main results. Under conventional treatment dose rates optical emission was imaged with single spot resolution. Spot profiles were found to agree with the treatment planning system calculation within >90% for all spectral bands and spot intensity was found to vary with spectral filtration. The resultant polychromatic emission presented a maximum intensity at 650 nm and decreasing signal at lower wavelengths, which is consistent with expected attenuation patterns of high fat and muscle tissue. For UHDR beam imaging, optical yield increased with higher proton energy. Imaging at 1 kHz allowed continuous monitoring of delivery during porcine tissue irradiation, with clear identification of individual dwell positions. The number of dwell positions matched the treatment plan in total and per row showing adequate temporal capability of iCMOS imaging.Significance. For the first time, this study characterizes optical emission from tissue during PT and demonstrates our capability of fast optical tracking of pencil proton beam on the tissue anatomy in both conventional and UHDR setting. Similar to the Cherenkov imaging in radiotherapy, this imaging modality could enable a seamless, independent validation of PT treatments.
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- Roman Vasyltsiv
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
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- UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
- Department of Radiation Oncology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
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Cloutier E, Archambault L, Beaulieu L. Accurate dose measurements using cherenkov emission polarization imaging. Med Phys 2022; 49:5417-5422. [PMID: 35502867 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Cherenkov radiation carries the potential of direct in-water dose measurements, but its precision is currently limited by a strong anisotropy. Taking advantage of polarization imaging, this work proposes a new approach for high accuracy Cherenkov emission dose measurements. METHODS Cherenkov radiation produced in a 15 × 15 × 20 cm3 water tank is imaged with a cooled CCD camera from four polarizer transmission axes [0°, 45°, 90°, 135°]. The water tank is positioned at the isocenter of a 5 × 5 cm2 , 6 MV and 18 MV photon beam. Using Malus' law, the polarized portion of the signal is extracted. Corrections are applied to the polarized signal following azimuthal and polar Cherenkov emission angular distributions extracted from Monte Carlo simulations. Projected percent depth dose and beam profiles are measured and compared with the prediction from a treatment planning system (TPS). RESULTS Corrected polarized signals on the central axis reduced deviations at depth (mean ± std) from 8±5% to 0.8 ±1% at 6 MV and 8±7% to 1±3% at 18 MV. For the profile measurement, differences between the corrected polarized signal and the TPS calculations are 1±3% and 2±3% on the central axis at 6 MV and 18 MV respectively. In these conditions, Cherenkov emission is shown to be partly polarized. CONCLUSIONS This work proposes a novel polarization imaging approach enabling high precision water-based dose measurements using Cherenkov radiation. The method allows correction of the Cherenkov emission anisotropy within 4% on the beam central axis and in depth. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Emily Cloutier
- Physics, physical engineering and optics department and Cancer Research Center, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.,CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, CHU de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Physics, physical engineering and optics department and Cancer Research Center, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.,CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, CHU de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Physics, physical engineering and optics department and Cancer Research Center, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.,CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, CHU de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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Alexander DA, Bruza P, Farwell JCM, Krishnaswamy V, Zhang R, Gladstone DJ, Pogue BW. Detective quantum efficiency of intensified CMOS cameras for Cherenkov imaging in radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 2020; 65:225013. [PMID: 33179612 PMCID: PMC10416224 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abb0c5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In this study the metric of detective quantum efficiency (DQE) was applied to Cherenkov imaging systems for the first time, and results were compared for different detector hardware, gain levels and with imaging processing for noise suppression. Intensified complementary metal oxide semiconductor cameras using different image intensifier designs (Gen3 and Gen2+) were used to image Cherenkov emission from a tissue phantom in order to measure the modulation transfer function (MTF) and noise power spectrum (NPS) of the systems. These parameters were used to calculate the DQE for varying acquisition settings and image processing steps. MTF curves indicated that the Gen3 system had superior contrast transfer and spatial resolution than the Gen2+ system, with [Formula: see text] values of 0.52 mm-1 and 0.31 mm-1, respectively. With median filtering for noise suppression, these values decreased to 0.50 mm-1 and 0.26 mm-1. The maximum NPS values for the Gen3 and Gen2+ systems at high gain were 1.3 × 106 mm2 and 9.1 × 104 mm2 respectively, representing a 14x decrease in noise power for the Gen2+ system. Both systems exhibited increased NPS intensity with increasing gain, while median filtering lowered the NPS. The DQE of each system increased with increasing gain, and at the maximum gain levels the Gen3 system had a low-frequency DQE of 0.31%, while the Gen2+ system had a value of 1.44%. However, at a higher frequency of 0.4 mm-1, these values became 0.54% and 0.03%. Filtering improved DQE for the Gen3 system and reduced DQE for the Gen2+ system and had a mix of detrimental and beneficial qualitative effects by decreasing the spatial resolution and sharpness but also substantially lowering noise. This methodology for DQE measurement allowed for quantitative comparison between Cherenkov imaging cameras and improvements to their sensitivity, and yielded the first formal assessment of Cherenkov image formation efficiency.
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- Daniel A Alexander
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- Gesiel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- Gesiel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- DoseOptics LLC, Lebanon, NH 03766, United States of America
- Gesiel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, United States of America
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States of America
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Ashraf MR, Bruza P, Krishnaswamy V, Gladstone DJ, Pogue BW. Technical Note: Time-gating to medical linear accelerator pulses: Stray radiation detector. Med Phys 2018; 46:1044-1048. [PMID: 30488442 DOI: 10.1002/mp.13311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE CCD cameras are employed to image scintillation and Cherenkov radiation in external beam radiotherapy. This is achieved by gating the camera to the linear accelerator (Linac) output. A direct output signal line from the linac is not always accessible and even in cases where such a signal is accessible, a physical wire connected to the output port can potentially alter Linac performance through electrical feedback. A scintillating detector for stray radiation inside the Linac room was developed to remotely time-gate to linac pulses for camera-based dosimetry. METHODS A scintillator coupled silicon photomultiplier detector was optimized and systematically tested for location sensitivity and for use with both x rays and electron beams, at different energies and field sizes. Cherenkov radiation emitted due to static photon beams was captured using the remote trigger and compared to the images captured using a wired trigger. The issue of false-positive event detection, due to additional neutron activated products with high energy beams, was addressed. RESULTS The designed circuit provided voltage >2.5 V even for distances up to 3 m from the isocenter with a 6 MV, 5 × 5 cm beam, using a Ø3 × 20 mm3 Bi4 Ge3 O12 (BGO) crystal. With a larger scintillator size, the detector could be placed even beyond 3 m distance. False-positive triggering was reduced by a coincidence detection scheme. Negligible fluctuations were observed in time-gated imaging of Cherenkov intensity emitted from a water phantom, when comparing directly connected vs this remote triggering approach. CONCLUSION The remote detector provides untethered synchronization to linac pulses. It is especially useful for remote Cherenkov imaging or remote scintillator dosimetry imaging during radiotherapeutic procedures when a direct line signal is not accessible.
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.,DoseOptics LLC, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.,Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College Hanover, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.,DoseOptics LLC, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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Black PJ, Velten C, Wang YF, Na YH, Wuu CS. An investigation of clinical treatment field delivery verification using cherenkov imaging: IMRT positioning shifts and field matching. Med Phys 2018; 46:302-317. [PMID: 30346639 DOI: 10.1002/mp.13250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Cherenkov light emission has been shown to correlate with ionizing radiation dose delivery in solid tissue. An important clinical application of Cherenkov light is the real-time verification of radiation treatment delivery in vivo. To test the feasibility of treatment field verification, Cherenkov light images were acquired concurrent with radiation beam delivery to standard and anthropomorphic phantoms. Specifically, we tested two clinical treatment scenarios: (a) Observation of field overlaps or gaps in matched 3D fields and (b) Patient positioning shifts during intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) field delivery. Further development of this technique would allow real-time detection of treatment delivery errors on the order of millimeters so that patient safety and treatment quality can be improved. METHODS Cherenkov light emission was captured using a PI-MAX4 intensified charge coupled device (ICCD) system (Princeton Instruments). All radiation delivery was performed using a Varian Trilogy linear accelerator (linac) operated at 6 MV or 18 MV for photon and 6 MeV or 16 MeV for electron studies. Field matching studies were conducted with photon and electron beams at gantry angles of 0°, 15°, and 45°. For each modality and gantry angle, a total of three data sets were acquired. Overlap and gap distances of 0, 2, 5, and 10 mm were tested and delivered to solid phantom material of 30 × 30 × 5 cm3 . Phantom materials used were white plastic water and brown solid water. Tests were additionally performed on an anthropomorphic phantom with an irregular surface. Positioning shift studies were performed using IMRT fields delivered to a thoracic anthropomorphic phantom. For thoracic phantom measurements, the camera was placed laterally to observe the entire right side of the phantom. Fields were delivered with known translational patient positioning shifts in four directions. Changes in the Cherenkov fluence were evaluated through the generation of difference maps from unshifted Cherenkov images. All images were evaluated using ImageJ, Python, and MATLAB software packages. RESULTS For matched fields, Cherenkov images were able to quantitate matched field separations with discrepancies between 2 and 4 mm, depending on gantry angle and beam energy or modality. For all photon and electron beams delivered at a gantry angle of 0°, image analysis indicated average discrepancies of less than 2 mm for all field gaps and overlaps, with 83% of matched fields exhibiting discrepancies less than 1 mm. Beams delivered obliquely to the phantom surface exhibited average discrepancies as high as 4 mm for electron beams delivered at large oblique angles. Finally, for IMRT field delivery, vertical and lateral patient positioning shifts of 2 mm were detected in some cases, indicating the potential detectability threshold of using this technique alone. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that Cherenkov imaging can be used to support and bolster current treatment delivery verification techniques, improving our ability to recognize and rectify millimeter-scale delivery and positioning errors.
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- Paul J Black
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC, 27103, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.,Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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Zhang R, Gladstone DJ, Jarvis LA, Strawbridge RR, Jack Hoopes P, Friedman OD, Glaser AK, Pogue BW. Real-time in vivo Cherenkoscopy imaging during external beam radiation therapy. J Biomed Opt 2013; 18:110504. [PMID: 24247743 PMCID: PMC3831064 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.18.11.110504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 10/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cherenkov radiation is induced when charged particles travel through dielectric media (such as biological tissue) faster than the speed of light through that medium. Detection of this radiation or excited luminescence during megavoltage external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) can allow emergence of a new approach to superficial dose estimation, functional imaging, and quality assurance for radiation therapy dosimetry. In this letter, the first in vivo Cherenkov images of a real-time Cherenkoscopy during EBRT are presented. The imaging system consisted of a time-gated intensified charge coupled device (ICCD) coupled with a commercial lens. The ICCD was synchronized to the linear accelerator to detect Cherenkov photons only during the 3.25-μs radiation bursts. Images of a tissue phantom under irradiation show that the intensity of Cherenkov emission is directly proportional to radiation dose, and images can be acquired at 4.7 frames/s with SNR>30. Cherenkoscopy was obtained from the superficial regions of a canine oral tumor during planned, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approved, conventional (therapeutically appropriate) EBRT irradiation. Coregistration between photography and Cherenkoscopy validated that Cherenkov photons were detected from the planned treatment region. Real-time images correctly monitored the beam field changes corresponding to the planned dynamic wedge movement, with accurate extent of overall beam field, and expected cold and hot regions.
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- Rongxiao Zhang
- Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Address all correspondence to: Brian W. Pogue, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Tel: 1-603-646-3861; Fax: 1-603-646-3856; E-mail: or Rongxiao Zhang, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Tel: 1-603-646-6506; Fax: 1-603-646-3856; E-mail:
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766
- Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766
- Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Surgery, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Surgery, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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- Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766
- Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Surgery, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Address all correspondence to: Brian W. Pogue, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Tel: 1-603-646-3861; Fax: 1-603-646-3856; E-mail: or Rongxiao Zhang, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Tel: 1-603-646-6506; Fax: 1-603-646-3856; E-mail:
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