Quantification of Treatment Plan Deliverability in Breast Volumetric-modulated Arc Therapy With Agility Multi-leaf Collimator.
In Vivo
; 38(5): 2254-2260, 2024.
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| ID: mdl-39187370
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIM:
The aim was to assess the complexity of breast volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans using various indices and to evaluate their performance through gamma analysis in predicting plan deliverability. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A total of 285 VMAT plans for 260 patients were created using the VersaHD™ linear accelerator with a Monaco treatment planning system. Corresponding verification plans were generated using the ArcCHECK® detector, and gamma analysis was conducted employing various criteria. Twenty-eight plan complexity metrics were computed, and Pearson's correlation coefficients were determined between the gamma passing rate (GPR) and these metrics.RESULTS:
The average GPR values for all plans were 97.7%, 89.9%, and 78.0% for the 2 mm/2%, 1 mm/2%, and 1 mm/1% criteria, respectively. While most complexity metrics exhibited weak correlations with GPRs under the 2 mm/2% criterion, leaf sequence variability (LSV), plan-averaged beam area (PA), converted area metric (CAM), and edge area metric (EAM) demonstrated the most robust performance, with Pearson's correlation coefficients of 0.57, 0.50, -0.70, and -0.56, respectively.CONCLUSION:
Metrics related to beam aperture size and irregularity, such as LSV, PA, CAM and EAM, proved to be reasonable predictors of plan deliverability in breast VMAT.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dosificación Radioterapéutica
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Planificación de la Radioterapia Asistida por Computador
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Radioterapia de Intensidad Modulada
Límite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
In Vivo
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Grecia