CBCT-based deformable dose accumulation of external beam radiotherapy in cervical cancer. 2023

Andrea M Fischer, and Thomas Hague, and Peter J Hoskin
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.

Background: Delivered radiotherapy doses do not exactly match those planned for a course of treatment, largely due to inter-fraction changes in anatomy. In this study, accumulated delivered dose was calculated for a sample of cervical cancer patients, by deformably registering daily cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images to the planning computed tomography (CT) scan. Planned and accumulated doses were compared for the clinical target volume (CTV), bladder, and rectum.Material and Methods: For 10 patients receiving 45 Gy in 25 fractions of external beam radiotherapy, daily dose distributions were calculated on CBCT. These images were deformed onto the planning CT and the dose was accumulated using Velocity 4.1 (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, USA). The quality of deformable image registration was evaluated visually and by calculating Dice similarity coefficients and mean distance to agreement.Results: V95%>99% was achieved for the primary CTV in 9/10 patients for the planned dose distribution and 7/10 patients for the accumulated dose distribution. Primary CTV coverage by 95% of the prescription dose was reduced in one patient, due to an increase in anterior-posterior separation. Comparison of planned and accumulated dose volume histograms (DVHs) for the bladder and rectum found agreement within 5% at low and intermediate doses, but differences exceeded 20% at higher doses. Direct addition of CBCT DVHs was seen to be a poor estimate for the accumulated DVH at higher doses.Conclusion: Computation of delivered radiotherapy dose that accounts for inter-fraction anatomical changes is important for establishing dose-effect relationships. Updating delivered dose distributions after each fraction would support informed clinical decision making on any potential treatment interventions.

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
D011880 Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Computer-assisted mathematical calculations of beam angles, intensities of radiation, and duration of irradiation in radiotherapy. Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer-Assisted,Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy,Calculation, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Calculations, Computer-Assisted Dosimetry,Computer Assisted Radiotherapy Planning,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculation,Computer-Assisted Dosimetry Calculations,Dosimetry Calculation, Computer-Assisted,Dosimetry Calculations, Computer Assisted,Planning, Computer Assisted Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer Assisted
D002583 Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX. Cancer of Cervix,Cancer of the Cervix,Cancer of the Uterine Cervix,Cervical Cancer,Cervical Neoplasms,Cervix Cancer,Cervix Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Cervical,Neoplasms, Cervix,Uterine Cervical Cancer,Cancer, Cervical,Cancer, Cervix,Cancer, Uterine Cervical,Cervical Cancer, Uterine,Cervical Cancers,Cervical Neoplasm,Cervical Neoplasm, Uterine,Cervix Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Cervix,Neoplasm, Uterine Cervical,Uterine Cervical Cancers,Uterine Cervical Neoplasm
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D050397 Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY that combines several intensity-modulated beams to provide improved dose homogeneity and highly conformal dose distributions. Helical Tomotherapy,Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy,Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy,Arc Therapies, Intensity-Modulated,Arc Therapies, Volumetric-Modulated,Arc Therapy, Intensity-Modulated,Arc Therapy, Volumetric-Modulated,Helical Tomotherapies,Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy,Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapies,Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapies,Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy,Radiotherapies, Intensity-Modulated,Radiotherapy, Intensity Modulated,Therapies, Intensity-Modulated Arc,Therapies, Volumetric-Modulated Arc,Therapy, Intensity-Modulated Arc,Therapy, Volumetric-Modulated Arc,Tomotherapies, Helical,Tomotherapy, Helical,Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy,Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapies
D054893 Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Computed tomography modalities which use a cone or pyramid-shaped beam of radiation. CAT Scan, Cone-Beam,Cone-Beam CT,Tomography, Cone-Beam Computed,Tomography, Volume Computed,CT Scan, Cone-Beam,Cone-Beam Computer-Assisted Tomography,Cone-Beam Computerized Tomography,Volume CT,Volume Computed Tomography,Volumetric CT,Volumetric Computed Tomography,CAT Scan, Cone Beam,CAT Scans, Cone-Beam,CT Scan, Cone Beam,CT Scans, Cone-Beam,CT, Cone-Beam,CT, Volume,CT, Volumetric,Computed Tomography, Cone-Beam,Computed Tomography, Volume,Computed Tomography, Volumetric,Computer-Assisted Tomography, Cone-Beam,Computerized Tomography, Cone-Beam,Cone Beam CT,Cone Beam Computed Tomography,Cone Beam Computer Assisted Tomography,Cone Beam Computerized Tomography,Cone-Beam CAT Scan,Cone-Beam CAT Scans,Cone-Beam CT Scan,Cone-Beam CT Scans,Scan, Cone-Beam CAT,Scan, Cone-Beam CT,Scans, Cone-Beam CAT,Scans, Cone-Beam CT,Tomography, Cone Beam Computed,Tomography, Cone-Beam Computer-Assisted,Tomography, Cone-Beam Computerized,Tomography, Volumetric Computed
D054894 Spiral Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Modality of computed tomography in which the patient is irradiated in a spiral path around the body with a cone or pyramid-shaped beam. CAT Scan, Spiral Cone-Beam,CT Scan, Spiral Cone-Beam,Spiral Volumetric CT,Tomography, Spiral Volumetric Computed,Helical Cone-Beam CT,Spiral Cone-Beam CAT Scan,Spiral Cone-Beam CT,Spiral Cone-Beam CT Scan,Spiral Cone-Beam Computer-Assisted Tomography,Spiral Cone-Beam Computerized Tomography,Spiral Volume CT,CAT Scan, Spiral Cone Beam,CT Scan, Spiral Cone Beam,CT, Helical Cone-Beam,CT, Spiral Cone-Beam,CT, Spiral Volume,CT, Spiral Volumetric,CTs, Spiral Volume,Cone-Beam CT, Helical,Cone-Beam CT, Spiral,Cone-Beam CTs, Helical,Helical Cone Beam CT,Spiral Cone Beam CAT Scan,Spiral Cone Beam CT,Spiral Cone Beam CT Scan,Spiral Cone Beam Computed Tomography,Spiral Cone Beam Computer Assisted Tomography,Spiral Cone Beam Computerized Tomography,Volume CT, Spiral,Volumetric CT, Spiral

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