3D-Conformal versus intensity-modulated postoperative radiotherapy of vaginal vault: A dosimetric comparison

Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
Savino CillaAlessio Giuseppe Morganti

Abstract

We evaluated a step-and-shoot IMRT plan in the postoperative irradiation of the vaginal vault compared with equispaced beam arrangements (3-5) 3D-radiotherapy (RT) optimized plans. Twelve patients were included in this analysis. Four plans for each patient were compared in terms of dose-volume histograms, homogeneity index (HI), and conformity index (CI): (1) 3 equispaced beam arrangement 3D-RT; (2) 4 equispaced beam arrangement 3D-RT; (3) 5 equispaced beam arrangement 3D-RT; (4) step-and-shoot IMRT technique. CI showed a good discrimination between the four plans. The mean scores of CI were 0.58 (range: 0.38-0.67) for the 3F-CRT plan, 0.58 (range: 0.41-0.66) for 4F-CRT, 0.62 (range: 0.43-0.68) for 5F-CRT and 0.69 (range: 0.58-0.78) for the IMRT plan. A significant improvement of the conformity was reached by the IMRT plan (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). As expected, the increment of 3D-CRT fields was associated with an improvement of target dose conformity and homogeneity; on the contrary, in the IMRT plans, a better conformity was associated to a worse target dose homogeneity. A significant reduction in terms of D(mean), V90%, V95%, V100% was recorded for rectal and bladder irradiation with the IMRT plan. Surprisingly, IMRT ...Continue Reading

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Feb 9, 2012·Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]·G Z GongR Wang
Jun 26, 2012·Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists·Savino CillaAlessio G Morganti
Mar 15, 2011·Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists·Savino CillaAngelo Piermattei
Jun 23, 2020·Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists·Savino CillaAlessio G Morganti
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