Accuracy of applicator tip reconstruction in MRI-guided interstitial 192Ir-high-dose-rate brachytherapy of liver tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Christian WybranskiJens Ricke

Abstract

To evaluate the reconstruction accuracy of brachytherapy (BT) applicators tips in vitro and in vivo in MRI-guided (192)Ir-high-dose-rate (HDR)-BT of inoperable liver tumors. Reconstruction accuracy of plastic BT applicators, visualized by nitinol inserts, was assessed in MRI phantom measurements and in MRI (192)Ir-HDR-BT treatment planning datasets of 45 patients employing CT co-registration and vector decomposition. Conspicuity, short-term dislocation, and reconstruction errors were assessed in the clinical data. The clinical effect of applicator reconstruction accuracy was determined in follow-up MRI data. Applicator reconstruction accuracy was 1.6±0.5 mm in the phantom measurements. In the clinical MRI datasets applicator conspicuity was rated good/optimal in ⩾72% of cases. 16/129 applicators showed not time dependent deviation in between MRI/CT acquisition (p>0.1). Reconstruction accuracy was 5.5±2.8 mm, and the average image co-registration error was 3.1±0.9 mm. Vector decomposition revealed no preferred direction of reconstruction errors. In the follow-up data deviation of planned dose distribution and irradiation effect was 6.9±3.3 mm matching the mean co-registration error (6.5±2.5 mm; p>0.1). Applicator reconstruction ...Continue Reading

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