TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of Volumetric Independent Dose Calculation System for Verification of the Treatment Plan in Image-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy
AU - Kang, Sang Won
AU - Chung, Jin Beom
AU - Kim, Kyeong Hyeon
AU - Park, Ji Yeon
AU - Park, Hae Jin
AU - Cho, Woong
AU - Olberg, Sven
AU - Suh, Tae Suk
AU - Park, Justin C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning) (Nos. 2018R1D1A1B07049159 and 2019017069) and Mid-career Researcher Program (No. 2018R1A2B2005343).
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© Copyright © 2020 Kang, Chung, Kim, Park, Park, Cho, Olberg, Suh and Park.
PY - 2020/5/13
Y1 - 2020/5/13
N2 - Purpose: This study aimed to develop a volumetric independent dose calculation (vIDC) system for verification of the treatment plan in image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) and to evaluate the feasibility of the vIDC in clinical practice with simulated cases. Methods: The vIDC is based on the formalism of TG-43. Four simulated cases of cervical cancer were selected to retrospectively evaluate the dose distributions in IGABT. Some reference point doses, such as points A and B and rectal points, were calculated by vIDC using absolute coordinate. The 3D dose volume was also calculated to acquire dose-volume histograms (DVHs) with grid resolutions of 1.0 × 1.0 (G1.0), 2.5 × 2.5 (G2.5), and 0.5 × 0.5 mm2 (G0.5). Dosimetric parameters such as D90% and D2cc doses covering 90% of the high-risk critical target volume (HR-CTV) and 2 cc of the organs at risk (OARs) were obtained from DVHs. D90% also converted to equivalent dose in 2-Gy fractions (EQD2) to produce the same radiobiological effect as external beam radiotherapy. In addition, D90% was obtained in two types with or without the applicator volume to confirm the effect of the applicator itself. Validation of the vIDC was also performed using gamma evaluation by comparison with Monte Carlo simulation. Results: The average percentage difference of point doses was <2.28%. The DVHs for the HR-CTV and OARs showed no significant differences between the vIDC and the treatment planning system (TPS). Without considering the applicator volume, the D90% of the HR-CTV calculated by the vIDC decreases with a decreasing calculated dose-grid size (32.4, 5.65, and −2.20 cGy in G2.5, G1.0, and G0.5, respectively). The overall D90% is higher when considering the applicator volume. The converted D90% by EQD2 ranged from −1.29 to 1.00%. The D2cc of the OARs showed that the averaged dose deviation is <10 cGy regardless of the dose-grid size. Based on gamma analysis, the passing rate was 98.81% for 3%/3-mm criteria. Conclusion: The vIDC was developed as an independent dose verification system for verification of the treatment plan in IGABT. We confirmed that the vIDC is suitable for second-check dose validation of the TPS under various conditions.
AB - Purpose: This study aimed to develop a volumetric independent dose calculation (vIDC) system for verification of the treatment plan in image-guided adaptive brachytherapy (IGABT) and to evaluate the feasibility of the vIDC in clinical practice with simulated cases. Methods: The vIDC is based on the formalism of TG-43. Four simulated cases of cervical cancer were selected to retrospectively evaluate the dose distributions in IGABT. Some reference point doses, such as points A and B and rectal points, were calculated by vIDC using absolute coordinate. The 3D dose volume was also calculated to acquire dose-volume histograms (DVHs) with grid resolutions of 1.0 × 1.0 (G1.0), 2.5 × 2.5 (G2.5), and 0.5 × 0.5 mm2 (G0.5). Dosimetric parameters such as D90% and D2cc doses covering 90% of the high-risk critical target volume (HR-CTV) and 2 cc of the organs at risk (OARs) were obtained from DVHs. D90% also converted to equivalent dose in 2-Gy fractions (EQD2) to produce the same radiobiological effect as external beam radiotherapy. In addition, D90% was obtained in two types with or without the applicator volume to confirm the effect of the applicator itself. Validation of the vIDC was also performed using gamma evaluation by comparison with Monte Carlo simulation. Results: The average percentage difference of point doses was <2.28%. The DVHs for the HR-CTV and OARs showed no significant differences between the vIDC and the treatment planning system (TPS). Without considering the applicator volume, the D90% of the HR-CTV calculated by the vIDC decreases with a decreasing calculated dose-grid size (32.4, 5.65, and −2.20 cGy in G2.5, G1.0, and G0.5, respectively). The overall D90% is higher when considering the applicator volume. The converted D90% by EQD2 ranged from −1.29 to 1.00%. The D2cc of the OARs showed that the averaged dose deviation is <10 cGy regardless of the dose-grid size. Based on gamma analysis, the passing rate was 98.81% for 3%/3-mm criteria. Conclusion: The vIDC was developed as an independent dose verification system for verification of the treatment plan in IGABT. We confirmed that the vIDC is suitable for second-check dose validation of the TPS under various conditions.
KW - American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 43
KW - dose grid
KW - equivalent dose in 2-Gy fractions
KW - image-guided adaptive brachytherapy
KW - independent dose calculation system
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U2 - 10.3389/fonc.2020.00609
DO - 10.3389/fonc.2020.00609
M3 - Article
C2 - 32477931
AN - SCOPUS:85085359340
SN - 2234-943X
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Oncology
JF - Frontiers in Oncology
M1 - 609
ER -