Spatial accuracy of the stereotactic Leksell®Vantage™ head frame in comparison with the standard stereotactic Leksell®G Frame for Gamma-Knife. 2023

Marion Vincent, and Géraldine Michel-Amadry, and Jean-Marc Nigoul, and Yassine Beltaïfa, and Jean Régis
Department of Medical Physics, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalier de la Timone, 264 Rue Saint Pierre, Marseille 13385, France.

Purpose. Since January 2021, the Leksell®Vantage head frame (V-frame) is used for Gamma Knife®treatments in addition to the historical Leksell®G-Frame known as the reference. The aim of this study was to compare the spatial accuracy of treatments with these two frames.Methods. Firstly, the constancy of the geometric accuracy of the system according to the Elekta quality assurance process was carried out during sixteen months with V and G-frames' adaptors. Then, End-to-end test was carried out with both V and G-frame using an anthropomorphic phantom and Gafchromic®films. The overall precision of the radiation center was calculated as the displacement vector for a 4 mm collimator shot. Additionally, the Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) positioning system was used to assess the precision of the Leksell coordinates system defined by V-frames on 64 patients in comparison to G-frames for 46 patients. To ensure that patient's head movement was not possible during treatment with the V-frame, the High Definition Motion Management (HDMM) system was used and a final CBCT was performed at the end of the irradiation.Results. The QA constructor's tests done with the G-frame and V-frame adaptor gave similar results over sixteen months. End-to-end tests demonstrated that the mean positioning accuracy was 0.54 mm (SD of 0.14 mm) and 0.70 mm (SD of 0.14 mm) with V-frame and G-frame respectively. The displacement vector given by CBCT ranged from 0.02 to 1.05 mm with a mean value of 0.38 mm (SD of 0.18 mm) for the 64 V-framed patients and from 0 to 0.92 mm with a mean value of 0.31 mm (SD of 0.18 mm) for the 46 G-framed patients. The mean translation movement between the beginning and the end of the 64 treatments with V-frame was 0.08 mm (SD of 0.04 mm, maximum value of 0.19 mm).Conclusion. We estimated that V-frames are as precise as G-frames with a targeting accuracy of less than 1 mm.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016634 Radiosurgery A radiological stereotactic technique developed for cutting or destroying tissue by high doses of radiation in place of surgical incisions. It was originally developed for neurosurgery on structures in the brain and its use gradually spread to radiation surgery on extracranial structures as well. The usual rigid needles or probes of stereotactic surgery are replaced with beams of ionizing radiation directed toward a target so as to achieve local tissue destruction. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery,Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery,Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy,Stereotactic Radiosurgery,CyberKnife Radiosurgery,LINAC Radiosurgery,Radiosurgery, Gamma Knife,Radiosurgery, Linear Accelerator,Radiosurgery, Stereotactic,Stereotactic Radiation,Stereotactic Radiation Therapy,CyberKnife Radiosurgeries,Gamma Knife Radiosurgeries,LINAC Radiosurgeries,Linear Accelerator Radiosurgeries,Radiation Therapy, Stereotactic,Radiation, Stereotactic,Radiosurgery, CyberKnife,Radiosurgery, LINAC,Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Body,Stereotactic Body Radiotherapies,Stereotactic Radiation Therapies,Stereotactic Radiations,Stereotactic Radiosurgeries,Therapy, Stereotactic Radiation
D061089 Radiotherapy, Image-Guided The use of pre-treatment imaging modalities to position the patient, delineate the target, and align the beam of radiation to achieve optimal accuracy and reduce radiation damage to surrounding non-target tissues. Image-Guided Radiation Therapy,Radiotherapy Target Organ Alignment,Target Organ Alignment, Radiotherapy,Image Guided Radiation Therapy,Image-Guided Radiation Therapies,Image-Guided Radiotherapies,Image-Guided Radiotherapy,Radiation Therapies, Image-Guided,Radiation Therapy, Image-Guided,Radiotherapies, Image-Guided,Radiotherapy, Image Guided,Therapies, Image-Guided Radiation,Therapy, Image-Guided Radiation
D019047 Phantoms, Imaging Devices or objects in various imaging techniques used to visualize or enhance visualization by simulating conditions encountered in the procedure. Phantoms are used very often in procedures employing or measuring x-irradiation or radioactive material to evaluate performance. Phantoms often have properties similar to human tissue. Water demonstrates absorbing properties similar to normal tissue, hence water-filled phantoms are used to map radiation levels. Phantoms are used also as teaching aids to simulate real conditions with x-ray or ultrasonic machines. (From Iturralde, Dictionary and Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging, 1990) Phantoms, Radiographic,Phantoms, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantoms,Radiologic Phantoms,Phantom, Radiographic,Phantom, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantom,Radiologic Phantom,Imaging Phantom,Imaging Phantoms,Phantom, Imaging
D021621 Imaging, Three-Dimensional The process of generating three-dimensional images by electronic, photographic, or other methods. For example, three-dimensional images can be generated by assembling multiple tomographic images with the aid of a computer, while photographic 3-D images (HOLOGRAPHY) can be made by exposing film to the interference pattern created when two laser light sources shine on an object. Computer-Assisted Three-Dimensional Imaging,Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Computer Assisted,3-D Image,3-D Imaging,Computer-Generated 3D Imaging,Three-Dimensional Image,Three-Dimensional Imaging, Computer Generated,3 D Image,3 D Imaging,3-D Images,3-D Imagings,3D Imaging, Computer-Generated,3D Imagings, Computer-Generated,Computer Assisted Three Dimensional Imaging,Computer Generated 3D Imaging,Computer-Assisted Three-Dimensional Imagings,Computer-Generated 3D Imagings,Image, 3-D,Image, Three-Dimensional,Images, 3-D,Images, Three-Dimensional,Imaging, 3-D,Imaging, Computer-Assisted Three-Dimensional,Imaging, Computer-Generated 3D,Imaging, Three Dimensional,Imagings, 3-D,Imagings, Computer-Assisted Three-Dimensional,Imagings, Computer-Generated 3D,Imagings, Three-Dimensional,Three Dimensional Image,Three Dimensional Imaging, Computer Generated,Three-Dimensional Images,Three-Dimensional Imaging,Three-Dimensional Imaging, Computer-Assisted,Three-Dimensional Imagings,Three-Dimensional Imagings, Computer-Assisted

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