Study of Dose Recalculation Method on Overriding Lung Density Using CBCT Image in the Thorax

Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi
Hiroshi WatanabeYasushi Nagata

Abstract

It is a useful method for the adaptive radiotherapy (ART) to calculate absorbed dose accurately on the image set taken by on-board cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) attached to linac for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). For this purpose, a simple and accurate calculation method is necessary. Several papers report that it is possible to calculate easily and accurately by using several methods of researches in the neck and prostate, but the lung density varies greatly depending on patient thorax condition. In this study, we propose a new dose recalculation method, which is a simple procedure and can achieve accurate dose calculation considered different lung densities in each patient. By using this method, it is possible to calculate exclusive of artifacts in CBCT because of overriding the lung density. The dose error between dose recalculation of the CBCT image and treatment plan agreed within±1%. Therefore, this method is expected to be a useful method for accurate dose calculation with CBCT image for ART.

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