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Development and implementation of 3D-dosimetric end-to-end tests in adaptive radiation therapy of moving tumors

by Philipp Mann

Institution: Universitt Heidelberg
Year: 2017
Posted: 02/01/2018
Record ID: 2154239
Full text PDF: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/22913;10.11588/heidok.00022913


Abstract

Clinical implementation of novel advanced treatment techniques in adaptive radiation therapy requires proper workflow verification. However, this subject is not satisfactorily solved yet as current experimental validation techniques do not reflect the complexity of real patient treatments. In this thesis, several methods for patient-specific end-to-end tests were developed and applied to clinical workflows especially including treatments of moving tumors. End-to-end-tests were performed with geometrically well-defined phantoms as well as with an anthropomorphic dynamic ex-vivo porcine lung phantom in combination with a 3-dimensional (3D) polymer gel dosimeter (PGD). Different experimental settings of increasing complexity were tested in terms of (i) accuracy, (ii) feasibility of clinical workflows testing, (iii) validation of clinical concepts for motion-compensated treatments, (iv) additional integration of real-time markerless fluoroscopic imaging, and (v) validation of 4D dose calculation algorithms. Phantom irradiations were performed under static and dynamic conditions with and without beam gating. PGD evaluation revealed good tumor coverage for all treatment concepts and beam gating significantly reduced normal tissue exposure. In all cases, good agreement with the calculated dose distribution was obtained. As a conclusion, the established experimental workflow provides a versatile and valuable tool for geometrical and dosimetrical validation of advanced motion-compensated treatment techniques in adaptive radiation therapy. Die klinische Implementierung neuer Behandlungsmethoden in der adaptiven Strahlentherapie erfordern eine ordnungsgeme Validierung der einzelnen Arbeitsschritte. Allerdings ist diese Thematik noch nicht zufriedenstellend gelst, da die derzeitigen experimentellen Verifikations-verfahren nicht die Komplexitt realer Patientenbehandlungen widerspiegeln. In dieser Arbeit wurden mehrere Methoden fr patientenspezifische End-to-End-Tests entwickelt und auf klinische Workflows, insbesondere die Behandlungen von sich bewegenden Tumoren, angewendet. Die End-to-End-Tests wurden sowohl mit geometrisch gut definierten Phantomen als auch mit einem anthropomorphen dynamischen Ex-vivo-Schweinelungenphantom in Kombination mit einem dreidimensionalen (3D) Polymer-Gel-Dosimeter (PGD) durchgefhrt. Unterschiedliche experimentelle Konfigurationen zunehmender Komplexitt wurden hinsichtlich (i) Genauigkeit, (ii) Durchfhrbarkeit klinischer Arbeitsablufe, (iii) Validierung von klinischen Konzepten fr bewegungskompensierte Behandlungen, (iv) zustzliche Integration markerloser fluoroskopischer Echtzeitbildgebung und (v) der Validierung von 4D-Dosisberechnungsalgorithmen getestet. Phantombestrahlungen wurden unter statischen und dynamischen Bedingungen mit und ohne Gating durchgefhrt. Die PGD Evaluierung zeigte fr alle Behandlungskonzepte eine gute Tumorabdeckung und die Normalgewebsexposition konnte durch eine Gatingbestrahlung deutlich reduziert werden. In allen Fllen wurde eine gute bereinstimmung mitAdvisors/Committee Members: Bachert, Peter (advisor).

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